x axis info changing

[Alicia]

I have a line chart which is plotting financial data for 3 seperate lists
withing my spreadsheet. So list A has a set of dates and dollar amounts that
correspond to those dates, list B has a different set of dates and
corresponding financial info, and the same for list C.

I need to show in the line graph all 3 lists with their corresponding dates
and financial data.

I went to the source data, series tab, and created 3 series for my 3 lists
(A, B, C). My question is how do I get the info from all 3 series to reflect
in my X axis (as it only allows me to select one set of dates). I need the
dollar amounts to be plotted on my chart with the corresponding dates, for
each individual series. The info on the Y axis is the dollar amount, the
info on the X axis are the dates.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Del Cotter]

I need to show in the line graph all 3 lists with their corresponding dates
and financial data.

I went to the source data, series tab, and created 3 series for my 3 lists
(A, B, C). My question is how do I get the info from all 3 series to reflect
in my X axis (as it only allows me to select one set of dates).

Abandon the line chart and use a scatter chart instead.

Forget the fact that the default scatter chart has points and no lines,
and a line chart has lines. You can easily give the scatter chart series
lines too.

 

[Alicia]

Thanks that works. The only thing is that it's adding years to my actual
data. For example, my data ends at 2006, yet the chart goes up to 2008. Any
ideas on how to fix.

 

[Jon Peltier]

What's the data look like? Could you paste in a sample of the three series?

- Jon

 

[Jon Peltier]

Sometimes I like to use a line chart, because its date scale axis is better
than what I can get from an XY chart's value axis. What I do for multiple
series is create the line chart with the first series, then add the other
series, and change them to XY series. The XY series will share the line
chart's axis but not the X values of the first series.

- Jon