That's something interesting work around. Good one Daniel :) ________________________________________ Thanks & Regards Ashish Jain (Microsoft Certified Application Specialist) (Microsoft Certified Professional) http://www.excelitems.com http://www.openexcel.com ________________________________________
On Dec 2, 7:00 pm, Daniel <dfin...@gmail.com> wrote: > After further experimentation, I seem to have found a reliable work- > around, in case someone else encounters this bug. > > The bug pops up when I create a chart using a user-defined custom > chart type (which is an xy scatter chart). However, if I instead > create the chart using the Excel XY-scatter type and then immediately > change the chart type to my user-defined type, the bug does not appear > (so far, at least). > > Daniel > > On Nov 29, 9:24 am, Daniel <dfin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I've been working with (x,y) data which is typically ordered in > > groups, but the groups are unordered (e.g. points 50->100 then points > > 151->101 then points 49->1). I add the appropriate index (x-value) > > and then re-order the data based on that index. The index is a > > distance (in metres) and the points are about 1 metre apart (but not > > exactly 1 m). There are typically 3 or 4 series of data on the graph. > > > Before I re-order the data, I graph the data with an XY-scatter chart, > > which normally works fine. After I re-order the data based on the > > index, my chart magically becomes a line chart instead of the xy > > scatter chart. When I check the chart type (right-click on the series > > -> "Chart type") it reports that it is still an xy scatter chart. > > > I tried changing to a line chart and changing back, but this doesn't > > help. I also tried checking/setting the chart type to xy scatter > > using a macro, but that also didn't work. Sometimes reverting to a > > less ordered state of data (cutting-pasting chunks of data around) > > will fix it, but not always. > > > Any ideas what I'm doing wrong/is happening here? I appreciate any > > help. > > > Thanks, > > Daniel -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/pages/discussexcelcom/160307843985936?v=wall&ref=ts
