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Old 02-07-2008, 01:16 AM   #1
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Does anyone know how to combine a line bar bar graph with a stacked bar graph?

Basically the graph would have 4 bars and then the 5th bar would be a
stacked bar while the rest of the bars remain solid. Here is a link to a
picture I posted on the UK forums. So far everyone has told me it is
impossible, but I don't believe it is.

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk...1092#post721092

Please Help!!

I have tried everything I could think of, but I ended up using microsoft
expression design.

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Old 02-07-2008, 04:47 AM   #2
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Clustered-Stacked Column Charts
http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/20...-column-charts/

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"Sound Into Words" <Sound Into Words@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:5A3DCBB4-B91A-4FCD-BAF2-A701882DD5FF@microsoft.com...
> Does anyone know how to combine a line bar bar graph with a stacked bar
> graph?
>
> Basically the graph would have 4 bars and then the 5th bar would be a
> stacked bar while the rest of the bars remain solid. Here is a link to a
> picture I posted on the UK forums. So far everyone has told me it is
> impossible, but I don't believe it is.
>
> http://www.access-programmers.co.uk...1092#post721092
>
> Please Help!!
>
> I have tried everything I could think of, but I ended up using microsoft
> expression design.
>



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Old 02-07-2008, 05:00 AM   #3
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Not impossible,

Look at Jon Peltier's tutorial at
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts...usterStack.html

and download my little sample at
http://www.edferrero.com/content/ClusterAndStack.xlsx

Ed Ferrero
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Old 02-07-2008, 08:44 PM   #4
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Jon,

Your graph is close to what I'm looking for but every column in your graph
is a stacked bar graph. I'm looking for 3 solid columns and 1 Stacked column.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

> Clustered-Stacked Column Charts
> http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/20...-column-charts/
>
> - Jon
> -------
> Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
> Tutorials and Custom Solutions
> Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
> _______
>
>
> "Sound Into Words" <Sound Into Words@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:5A3DCBB4-B91A-4FCD-BAF2-A701882DD5FF@microsoft.com...
> > Does anyone know how to combine a line bar bar graph with a stacked bar
> > graph?
> >
> > Basically the graph would have 4 bars and then the 5th bar would be a
> > stacked bar while the rest of the bars remain solid. Here is a link to a
> > picture I posted on the UK forums. So far everyone has told me it is
> > impossible, but I don't believe it is.
> >
> > http://www.access-programmers.co.uk...1092#post721092
> >
> > Please Help!!
> >
> > I have tried everything I could think of, but I ended up using microsoft
> > expression design.
> >

>
>
>

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Old 02-07-2008, 08:46 PM   #5
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Ed

Thanks for the reply.

The Graph I'm looking for is kind of like Jon's graph except I'm looking for
3 solid columns and 1 stacked column. All of Jon's columns are stacked on
his graph

"Ed Ferrero" wrote:

> Not impossible,
>
> Look at Jon Peltier's tutorial at
> http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts...usterStack.html
>
> and download my little sample at
> http://www.edferrero.com/content/ClusterAndStack.xlsx
>
> Ed Ferrero
> www.edferrero.com
>

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Old 02-07-2008, 11:29 PM   #6
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In article <6EB81288-53B5-4259-B126-C56F435B5EAE@microsoft.com>,
Sound Into Words <SoundIntoWords@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Jon,
>
> Your graph is close to what I'm looking for but every column in your graph
> is a stacked bar graph. I'm looking for 3 solid columns and 1 Stacked
> column.
>


Can you create a stacked bar graph and just enter zeros for the stacked
portion of the first 3 columns?

_dennis
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Old 02-07-2008, 11:40 PM   #7
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On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, in microsoft.public.excel.charting,
Sound Into Words <SoundIntoWords@discussions.microsoft.com> said:
>The Graph I'm looking for is kind of like Jon's graph except I'm looking for
>3 solid columns and 1 stacked column. All of Jon's columns are stacked on
>his graph


Yes, but have you noticed they're stacked with *different* clusters?

The basic insight that leads to being able to do these is that a "solid"
column is just a cluster of one, or a cluster in which every element but
one has the value *zero*. Once you grok that, it all becomes obvious.

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Old 03-07-2008, 01:25 AM   #8
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Thanks for the reply,

Yeah I tried that, but had no luck.

"Posterizer" wrote:

> In article <6EB81288-53B5-4259-B126-C56F435B5EAE@microsoft.com>,
> Sound Into Words <SoundIntoWords@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Jon,
> >
> > Your graph is close to what I'm looking for but every column in your graph
> > is a stacked bar graph. I'm looking for 3 solid columns and 1 Stacked
> > column.
> >

>
> Can you create a stacked bar graph and just enter zeros for the stacked
> portion of the first 3 columns?
>
> _dennis
>

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Old 03-07-2008, 01:41 AM   #9
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Del,

Thanks for the reply.

I thought about what you wrote, and that it might be able to work, but just
to get some clarification I will give you some variables:
1. y axies = "1-1000"
2. x axies = "Week 26 - Week 28" (3 series)
The first series would contain 4 solid columns(or a range between "1-1000")
and one stacked column which would make of 3 different ranges(colors) of
"1-1000" The other 2 series would be the same but just a different set of
data.

So would this scenario work with the "Stacked Cluster Graph" This would be
part of a report that is ran once a week.


"Del Cotter" wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, in microsoft.public.excel.charting,
> Sound Into Words <SoundIntoWords@discussions.microsoft.com> said:
> >The Graph I'm looking for is kind of like Jon's graph except I'm looking for
> >3 solid columns and 1 stacked column. All of Jon's columns are stacked on
> >his graph

>
> Yes, but have you noticed they're stacked with *different* clusters?
>
> The basic insight that leads to being able to do these is that a "solid"
> column is just a cluster of one, or a cluster in which every element but
> one has the value *zero*. Once you grok that, it all becomes obvious.
>
> --
> Del Cotter
> NB Personal replies to this post will send email to del@branta.demon.co.uk,
> which goes to a spam folder-- please send your email to del3 instead.
>

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Old 03-07-2008, 01:59 AM   #10
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Each row corresponds to a column position. For the column positions that are
a solid column, the other columns should be blank or zero. For the column
positions where you have stacks, then you have more than one nonzero entry.
It should be arranged something like this:

Solid 1 Solid 2 Solid 3 Stack 1 Stack 2 Stack 3
Solid 1 [data]
Solid 2 [data]
Solid 3 [data]
Stacked [data] [data] [data]

Solid 1 [data]
Solid 2 [data]
Solid 3 [data]
Stacked [data] [data] [data]

Solid 1 [data]
Solid 2 [data]
Solid 3 [data]
Stacked [data] [data] [data]

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"Sound Into Words" <SoundIntoWords@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:6EB81288-53B5-4259-B126-C56F435B5EAE@microsoft.com...
> Jon,
>
> Your graph is close to what I'm looking for but every column in your graph
> is a stacked bar graph. I'm looking for 3 solid columns and 1 Stacked
> column.
>
> "Jon Peltier" wrote:
>
>> Clustered-Stacked Column Charts
>> http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/20...-column-charts/
>>
>> - Jon
>> -------
>> Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
>> Tutorials and Custom Solutions
>> Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
>> _______
>>
>>
>> "Sound Into Words" <Sound Into Words@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:5A3DCBB4-B91A-4FCD-BAF2-A701882DD5FF@microsoft.com...
>> > Does anyone know how to combine a line bar bar graph with a stacked bar
>> > graph?
>> >
>> > Basically the graph would have 4 bars and then the 5th bar would be a
>> > stacked bar while the rest of the bars remain solid. Here is a link to
>> > a
>> > picture I posted on the UK forums. So far everyone has told me it is
>> > impossible, but I don't believe it is.
>> >
>> > http://www.access-programmers.co.uk...1092#post721092
>> >
>> > Please Help!!
>> >
>> > I have tried everything I could think of, but I ended up using
>> > microsoft
>> > expression design.
>> >

>>
>>
>>



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