What methods exist to make composite charts in Excel; combining stacked area with a single line also?
Sometimes one might want to plot a stacked set of data but also have a column of data represented not in the stack but as a line running over the top of it.
Eg: like the black line representing "Demand" in this image showing energy generation sources (would be more obvious if I coloured it red but file not at hand).
I did this in Illustrator but the person I got the data from who uses Excel uses a kind of hacky trick of using negative values and representing that stack with outline and white fill, which make the impression of a line at the top of the last coloured stack (hard to explain briefly)> Anyhow that hack has very limited applications as it sin't actually drawing a line graph over the stacked graph data, so it cannot be styled as a line (dashed, red line etc).
here is is in Excel using that hack (not so good and using a different data set):
macos microsoft-excel charts
asked Jan 31 at 14:11
wide_eyed_pupilwide_eyed_pupil
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Sometimes one might want to plot a stacked set of data but also have a column of data represented not in the stack but as a line running over the top of it.
Eg: like the black line representing "Demand" in this image showing energy generation sources (would be more obvious if I coloured it red but file not at hand).
I did this in Illustrator but the person I got the data from who uses Excel uses a kind of hacky trick of using negative values and representing that stack with outline and white fill, which make the impression of a line at the top of the last coloured stack (hard to explain briefly)> Anyhow that hack has very limited applications as it sin't actually drawing a line graph over the stacked graph data, so it cannot be styled as a line (dashed, red line etc).
here is is in Excel using that hack (not so good and using a different data set):
macos microsoft-excel charts
asked Jan 31 at 14:11
wide_eyed_pupilwide_eyed_pupil
1011
add a comment |
Sometimes one might want to plot a stacked set of data but also have a column of data represented not in the stack but as a line running over the top of it.
Eg: like the black line representing "Demand" in this image showing energy generation sources (would be more obvious if I coloured it red but file not at hand).
I did this in Illustrator but the person I got the data from who uses Excel uses a kind of hacky trick of using negative values and representing that stack with outline and white fill, which make the impression of a line at the top of the last coloured stack (hard to explain briefly)> Anyhow that hack has very limited applications as it sin't actually drawing a line graph over the stacked graph data, so it cannot be styled as a line (dashed, red line etc).
here is is in Excel using that hack (not so good and using a different data set):
macos microsoft-excel charts
asked Jan 31 at 14:11
wide_eyed_pupilwide_eyed_pupil
1011
Sometimes one might want to plot a stacked set of data but also have a column of data represented not in the stack but as a line running over the top of it.
Eg: like the black line representing "Demand" in this image showing energy generation sources (would be more obvious if I coloured it red but file not at hand).
I did this in Illustrator but the person I got the data from who uses Excel uses a kind of hacky trick of using negative values and representing that stack with outline and white fill, which make the impression of a line at the top of the last coloured stack (hard to explain briefly)> Anyhow that hack has very limited applications as it sin't actually drawing a line graph over the stacked graph data, so it cannot be styled as a line (dashed, red line etc).
here is is in Excel using that hack (not so good and using a different data set):
macos microsoft-excel charts
macos microsoft-excel charts
asked Jan 31 at 14:11
wide_eyed_pupilwide_eyed_pupil
1011
asked Jan 31 at 14:11
wide_eyed_pupilwide_eyed_pupil
1011
asked Jan 31 at 14:11
wide_eyed_pupilwide_eyed_pupil
1011
asked Jan 31 at 14:11
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asked Jan 31 at 14:11
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You want to use a Combo chart.
Assign all series to a Stacked Area chart type except the one you want a line for which you will assign to a Line chart type
answered Jan 31 at 15:21
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You want to use a Combo chart.
Assign all series to a Stacked Area chart type except the one you want a line for which you will assign to a Line chart type
answered Jan 31 at 15:21
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You want to use a Combo chart.
Assign all series to a Stacked Area chart type except the one you want a line for which you will assign to a Line chart type
answered Jan 31 at 15:21
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You want to use a Combo chart.
Assign all series to a Stacked Area chart type except the one you want a line for which you will assign to a Line chart type
answered Jan 31 at 15:21
cybernetic.nomadcybernetic.nomad
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You want to use a Combo chart.
Assign all series to a Stacked Area chart type except the one you want a line for which you will assign to a Line chart type
answered Jan 31 at 15:21
cybernetic.nomadcybernetic.nomad
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answered Jan 31 at 15:21
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answered Jan 31 at 15:21
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