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    Question Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    Hi I wonder if someone can help me please? If this is possible?

    I'm limited on my graph skills.

    We have been given this graph:

    Trend line.jpg

    And would like to know if its actually possible to split the trend into 2 separate lines, history weeks prior to week 52 2017 and weeks in the future? But appear next to each other so can see history and future?

    The data is there from weeks 15 - 52 2017 and weeks 1-28 2018.

    Please?

    Thank you in advance.
    Clair
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    Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    You could plot two separate series with one being blank for weeks 1-28 2018 and later and the other being blank prior to that. Then you can apply separate trendlines to each one.

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    Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    Thank you I will try that :-)

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    Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    I've been looking at it and I am not sure how to edit the trendline that is there, or how to add another?

    26-06-2018 13-55-49.jpg

    I can see what date is supporting it like I can the other 2:

    26-06-2018 13-58-42.jpg

    Think I should perhaps youtube trendlines

    :-)

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    Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    You should be able to just select and delete the trendline that's there now, then right-click each of the two new series and choose Add trendline.

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    Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    Morning, I have been trying to do this for about a day now my boss thought it would be an easy thing to do. I'm determined to crack it.

    I took the data I would like to use into a separate tab, and as it is based on weeks, it doesn't seem to matter if I custom format dd/yy or dd/yyyy, or yy/dd or yyyy/dd it isn't accurately charting it, the 2 years get mixed up and its just using the week number. Can I only have 2 trendlines on a scatter graph not a line graph?

    What do you think please?

    I want to have one trend line showing 2017 and another showing 2018. I have tried to use just a line graph, but again its using the week number only and dismissing the year.

    My boss does want to see the trends based on the FTY numbers though (First Time Yield)

    I really hope somebody can help me so I can find the way round. I'll be so grateful. I'm feeling pretty stupid at the moment.

    Thank you
    Clair27-06-2018 11-41-19.jpg
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    Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    A picture isn't a lot of use to us, I'm afraid. Could you post a workbook please?

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    Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    OK didn't know I could do that, am going to find out how to do that, I can't see an icon for attaching an actual workbook
    I'll be back
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    Question Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    I have uploaded my workbook in manage attachments, now need to see how it attaches to a message.

    Think this will work :-)
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    Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    Why not convert the week numbers to dates and graph as a single series on a scatter plot?

    A
    B
    1
    week
    SMD FTY
    2
    09 Apr 2017
    0.9402
    3
    16 Apr 2017
    0.9578
    4
    23 Apr 2017
    0.9574
    5
    30 Apr 2017
    0.9619
    6
    07 May 2017
    0.9716
    7
    14 May 2017
    0.9524
    8
    21 May 2017
    0.9662
    9
    28 May 2017
    0.9542
    10
    04 Jun 2017
    0.9433
    11
    11 Jun 2017
    0.9302
    12
    18 Jun 2017
    0.8577
    13
    25 Jun 2017
    0.9676
    14
    02 Jul 2017
    0.9589
    15
    09 Jul 2017
    0.9585
    16
    16 Jul 2017
    0.9590
    17
    23 Jul 2017
    0.9680
    18
    30 Jul 2017
    0.9348
    19
    06 Aug 2017
    0.9646
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    Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    This is what I was suggesting.
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    Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    Brilliant, am I am able to replicate that please?
    Thank you
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    Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    If you are talking to me, I don't see why not. You just need similar formulas so that you can plot two series rather than one, and add a trendline to each one.

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    Re: Excel 2016 - Plotting trend lines on a graph

    Yes thank you Rorya :-)
    You are a star
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