Comments on: Excel: Multiple Lines Across X-Axis Categories

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By: Kirs

Kirs — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:35:08 +0000

We created a step-by-step guide based on the original data table, using formulas and a simple method to create the line-line or line-column version of the chart.
You can find it on the link below, with reference to this discussion and the tutorial by Jon Peltier:

https://sites.google.com/site/e90e50fx/home/multiple-lines-chart-step-by-step-guide

Cheers,
Kris
and The FrankensTeam

By: Esteban

Esteban — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 06:35:21 +0000

There is a surprisingly simple solution for this. Start by creating a bar chart with both data sets along the x axis. With your mouse, select the bars belonging to the second data set. Then go to “edit chart type” and select line chart. This will change the second data set into a line on top of the bars belonging to the first data set.

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Data Viz News [42] | Visual Loop — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 12:07:16 +0000

[…] Schwabish to discuss, give and receive advice and feedback about data visualization projects. In Excel: Multiple Lines Across X-Axis Categories, Lars Verspohl described a column chart with columns forming 12-month time series of some variable […]

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 21:12:14 +0000

Polywogs!

That’s really cool, it deemphasizes the forecast, highlights that last point (the head of the polywog), and provides +/- information by color.

By: Joe Mako

Joe Mako — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:50:35 +0000

This was made in Tableau, and you can download the workbook and see how this view was made from http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/HelpMeViz/MultipleLinesAcrossX-AxisCategories

You can get Tableau Public for free from http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/download

By: cory

cory — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:40:21 +0000

Joe, that chart looks amazing! What tools or platform did you use to make it? It looks too good for Excel…

By: Joe Mako

Joe Mako — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:16:44 +0000

I understand you want the actual values to be highlighted, and specifically the most recent actual value. I think this can be accomplished with both measures being a line, with the actual colored by the difference from the forecast, the forecast line in gray so it is subdued, and last actual value for each country marked with a big circle. I also added a sort by average actual value.

By: Lars V

Lars V — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:04:20 +0000

Have read and implemented it ! Excel greatness .

thanks again to you Jon and everyone who commented for your help…. very much appreciated

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:31:39 +0000

I've published my blog tutorial, Multiple Line Charts by Category.