I'm trying to create a graph similar to the bar graph shown in the middle of
the dashboard in the link below labeled as "YTD % of target", but don't know
how to get the overlapping bars in excel. Can anyone advise?

Thanks!

http://www.bonavistasystems.com/Down...Dashboard2.png

Here's one way to do it...

Add the YTD % series to your bar graph, and then format the series so that
it is on the secondary axis. XL will probably create a secondary X-axis, but
that will cause a distortion of the data. We need them to be plotted on the
same x-axis. Right click on chart, chart options. Under "Axes", turn on the
secondary y-axis, turn off the secondary x-axis, ok out. Format the
secondary y-axis to have no tick marks, no labels.

Now, format the series, options, increase the gap width so that the width of
this bar is smaller than the background bars.

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Best Regards,

Luke M
"Nelson B." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to create a graph similar to the bar graph shown in the middle
> of
> the dashboard in the link below labeled as "YTD % of target", but don't
> know
> how to get the overlapping bars in excel. Can anyone advise?
>
> Thanks!
>
> http://www.bonavistasystems.com/Down...Dashboard2.png
>

Those are "Bullet" charts, presumably generated by the same package that
created the sparklines elsewhere in the report.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://peltiertech.com/


On 5/11/2010 10:59 AM, Nelson B. wrote:
> I'm trying to create a graph similar to the bar graph shown in the middle of
> the dashboard in the link below labeled as "YTD % of target", but don't know
> how to get the overlapping bars in excel. Can anyone advise?
>
> Thanks!
>
> http://www.bonavistasystems.com/Down...Dashboard2.png
>