I have my line chart showing all the data properly, including some annotated values which are meant to act as the label in the last data point for the lines. I wanted to do it this way so that I don't have to show literally every data label for every data point.
I have everything working correctly, but I noticed I am unable to remove the annotated legend item without removing the series. By removing the series, I lose the label. Below is my chart.
As you can see, the last data points are working as labels (1092 for example). The problem is you can also see each annotated item in the legend (the colored dashes with no text next to them). How can I only show the legend items for Gained (green), Lost (red), Net (gained - lost) (yellow), and Total (blue), without the other dashes? Is this doable?
I am also open to seeing if there is another way to have only the last data point have a data label in Google Sheets. I was just working off of this tutorial.
Below is a screenshot of some of my data rows in an accompanying sheet.
as long as the annotation column is specified as 'Label' for the primary column you shouldn't be seeing the former in legend
I need to create a histogram on Google Sheets, and I need it to have a log scale on the x-axis. This is because there are some random high numbers on my column, most numbers are clustered at the beginning.
The option shows up for the y-axis, but not for the x-axis. I think that when I was trying different options it showed up for a time...???? But now it just disappeared.
Please help!
Try normal chart (bar or line) and building a histogram table manually
Use FREQUENCY() formula for this. This way you can make your own classes the way you like and you can then make whatever chart you like.
Take a look at my solution - line chart with logarythmic y-scale.
X-scale as I see is unavailable for manipulation, but you can use own values and treat them as text.
Example dataset: 100 random values from 0 to 35.
Classes are powers of 2 (increase by 1/2 with each step)
Here is my example file. See if it helps
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13xVVwhUrMcDj-ec7xpTJv-8cDjlh8zXT46zrqVVLnk0/copy
I´ve been trying to
a.) see the value in the legend (e.g. Blue = Name A)
b.) remove the numbers (ids) at the x-axis
Can anyone guide me in the right direction / help me with this?
Thank you!
EDIT:
The initial data looks like this:
I created a pivot table that is then using SET as columns. Therefore I am not able to the option "Use first row as header".
I found the reason why the x-axis has the values on it:
EDIT 2:
Thanks for the answer!
Problem is that I can´t choose "row 2 as an option"!
(FYI: Set = Name)
Solution:
Given the table that was sent, you can generate a pivot table with this setup to prepare for graph generation:
Then generated a graph with these settings. Note that Use Row 2 as Headers and Use Column A as Labels are both checked:
The X-axis scale are automatic though, they will be adjusted based on the number of entries (and the value) in the defined X-axis.
I have a sheet with a line chart, now I'm trying to do something maybe very simple: I would like to add to this chart a vertical line using a value in a cell.
So I have this line chart
And a cell with the date 2016/01/01, I would like to have a vertical line through all the chart on the cell date
I can't figure out how to do it...
This is a copy of that sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oeiwmeDT8pUVqBQvoE_cqk7mZxxvD5moZr41Vp4IN2I/edit?usp=sharing
I would like to show a vertical line using the "Purchase date"
I had the same problem and created a solution to overcome limitations of Google Sheets charts.
The main idea is to create an additional line in the chart, with only two points, both with the desired date. The value of the first point is 0 and the last has the maximum value of the Y axis. This way, the line always covers the entire height of the chart.
Screenshot of the Chart
Note that it is necessary to add two new values in the X axis (highlighted in blue on the sheet). Don't worry with the fact they are repeated. Google Sheets handles it correctly.
These values can be placed at the beginning of the lists. This way, it is possible to add new values at the end of them.
This solution can be viewed in: "[GoogleSheets] Dinamic Vertical Line in a Chart"
To change position of red line, just select a different value in "Purchase date" (yellow cell).
I made a merge of my first solution with the one suggested by dimo414 and created a new solution with two variations.
In the previous version of the spreadsheet, there were only two points to draw the vertical line.
In the new version, a third point were inserted to show intersection between the line and the real curve. A new column was also created, containing only a label for the new point.
The result is:
Theses changes can be seen in green background in sheets 'Dashboard_v2' and 'Dashboard_v3' of the SpreadSheet.
To determine coordinates of the new point, two approaches were used:
Search Purchase Date directly in the dataset (see sheet 'Dashboard_v2')
If the goal is to highlight only points of intersection that belong to the original dataset, it is just necessary to VLOOKUP() the date in the dataset.
Interpolate the two points immediately smaller and larger than the purchase date (see sheet 'Dashboard_v3')
Given the points [x1,y1], [x2,y2] and a value of x (where x1 <= x <= x2), its possible to find an interpolation point [x,y] with the following formula:
y=(y2-y1)*(x-x1)/(x2-x1)+y1
Although this formula is easy to implement, find the correct points to interpolate is more challenging and requires a bit of creativity.
At first, I thought of using a JS script to make things easier, but decided to use only builtin functions.
By the way, different approaches to find [x1,y1] and [x2,y2] are welcome.
To make things easier to understand, each point coordinate is determined in a different cell (see L2:M5) and the point of intersection is in L6:M7.
Of course, its possible to join all of them in just one cell, but I thought it would be harder to understand.
To close, one more detail: According to above definition, interpolation formula is valid only if (x1 <= x <= x2). Thus, both cells C2 and M6 have protections to limit the value of 'x'.
One way is to add a label to your x-axis.
For example, this is a chart that plots weight against date, with a label "Cheat Day" on 2021-07-21
For the data:
Date
Label
Weight (kg)
Weight Goal (kg)
2021-07-19
83.85
75
2021-07-20
84.55
75
2021-07-21
Cheat Day
83.8
75
2021-07-22
84.95
75
2021-07-23
83.75
75
Go to Edit the chart > Setup > Under X-axis > Click on ••• next to your "Date" column > Add labels > Select the column "Label" as your label.
Your Chart Editor > Setup should look like this:
you can have it like this, unfortunately not programmatically. the only way is to insert a line via Drawing and position it manually where needed.
spreadsheet demo
As best I can tell there isn't a way to add a vertical marker line to a chart in Google Sheets. One option that may be "good enough" in many cases is to "Add notes to a data point" and then use "Format data point" to make the point more visible. Here's an example, from your spreadsheet:
Unfortunately one limitation with this approach is you can only label a data point in the data set the chart is displaying. In your case the date you wanted to mark with a line isn't in the data set, so this won't work directly. You might be able to introduce a separate data series consisting of just that date and then add a note to that data point, but I haven't fiddled with it enough to make it work.
Hi,
I can't get to understand what is wrong with the 2 first charts.
Apparently, when all the values are the same no line is drawn. That is the only particularity I've found, since the 3rd graph demonstrates it's not a consecutive 0 value problem, and the 2nd graph shows it happens also with values different than 0.
Any idea what can be happening here? The 3 of them are drawn using the same function. The only thing that changes is the database inyected.
It's not possible to show a link or a proper fiddle, sorry.