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plot x vs y with category in legend

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    plot x vs y with category in legend

    Hi,

    I am completely new to charts in excel.

    I have attached a file as example. I have made a chart myself in example to show what I want to achieve, and a brief explanation text. Example only shows plot for category A, but I want all categories in legend and chart.

    What I want to do is to plot time(x-axis) vs level(y-axis) for each category. There will be two measure points for each category and I would like to have category as a legend. Shape of each point should be different for each category.

    Really appreciate some help
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    Re: plot x vs y with category in legend

    If I understand what you are trying to do, it sounds a lot like a "conditional formatting" problem, which is most easily solved by adding each "format" as a separate data series to the chart. As with many charting problems, most of the work in creating this is done in the spreadsheet and not in the chart. I would start with this tutorial, then adapt to your XY scatter chart: http://peltiertech.com/conditional-f...-excel-charts/
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