I have created a waterfall chart and would like to show a data-table with the chart. the normal Excel option to show a data-table is not good enough because it shows all the data the chart (and in a waterfall chart you have a few hidden series etc - and I want to show additional data in the data-table that is not in the chart).
my work-around is to put the chart as an object in a sheet and to constuct my own data-table underneath the chart using normal Excel cells. with a bit of work you can align the cells underneath perfectly with the columns above in the chart.
However, if the scale of the data in the chart changes the Plot Area shifts and spoils the alignment (the Y-axis values change and take up more or less space).
The only ways I have found to fix the Plot Area is:
- Insert a data-table into the chart (and then format it to have no lines and white text - it "disappears", but still takes up space and doesn't look very good).
- change the Y-axis scaling to not be "auto" - this is no good because the data could vary a lot.
neither of the above is really a workable solution.
Any ideas?
on a similar topic (which also might help solve the issue above):
Are there ways of fixing other objects to points in the Plot Area (or chart area)? an example of this would be to insert a text box into a chart that exactly fit across the width of the Plot Area - and didn't lose its position if the Plot Area moved because of a scale change
Any ideas would be much appreciated
Steve
my work-around is to put the chart as an object in a sheet and to constuct my own data-table underneath the chart using normal Excel cells. with a bit of work you can align the cells underneath perfectly with the columns above in the chart.
However, if the scale of the data in the chart changes the Plot Area shifts and spoils the alignment (the Y-axis values change and take up more or less space).
The only ways I have found to fix the Plot Area is:
- Insert a data-table into the chart (and then format it to have no lines and white text - it "disappears", but still takes up space and doesn't look very good).
- change the Y-axis scaling to not be "auto" - this is no good because the data could vary a lot.
neither of the above is really a workable solution.
Any ideas?
on a similar topic (which also might help solve the issue above):
Are there ways of fixing other objects to points in the Plot Area (or chart area)? an example of this would be to insert a text box into a chart that exactly fit across the width of the Plot Area - and didn't lose its position if the Plot Area moved because of a scale change
Any ideas would be much appreciated
Steve
