creating dynamic chart - & changing time periods based on todays date

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Perhaps this will help.
1. Add a column (B) to the data on the Raw Data Fruit & Shops sheet populated using: =IF(LEFT(C3,4)<>"shop",C3,B2)
2. Change the column headers for columns B:C to Fruit and Shop respectively
3. Convert the data on the Raw Data Fruit & Shops sheet into an Excel table
4. From the Data tab utilize the From Table/Range feature
5. Use the following editor code to produce the table seen in columns A:D on Sheet1:

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6. From the new table produce a pivot table
7. From the Days(Date) cell (F3) select the sort/filter button and then select Date filters > between to get the start and end dates you wish to evaluate
8. From the pivot table produce a chart
Note that in the attached file I had to filter the dates (before 6/26/2024) and the shops (1 and 2 only) in order to produce a file small enough to upload.
Let us know if you have any questions.

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