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Discontinuous lines in series due to gaps in data points

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    Discontinuous lines in series due to gaps in data points

    Sorry, the title probably sounds a little confusing, but hopefully my problem is a quick fix.

    I have some charts, and in them about 6 different series. Along the x axis, is a bunch of different values, and each series has some values corresponding to some of the x axis values, but not all.

    So basically right now, some series have gaps, and rather than connect the gaps with a line, Excel seems to just leave a gap in the series, and continue again at the next data point.

    Hopefully you understand what I'm saying. Is there an easy way to just fill in these series gaps with a straight line connect the two closest data points to make the series continuous?

    Thanks in advance for any help.

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    Kelly O'Day
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    Re: Discontinuous lines in series due to gaps in data points

    Boon

    Excel lets you choose how you want to plot empty cells.

    To change your setting for your chart,

    1. Activate your chart
    2. Goto Tools > Options > and select he way you want Excel to handle your
    empty cells. From your post, it sounds like you have Not Plotted (Leave
    gaps) option selected. If so, just change your selection to interpolate.

    The is an important caveat to this, if your data range has a formula, the
    cell is not empty even though the cell appears blank. Check to see if you
    have formulas in the data series with gaps. If yes, then you will need to
    make sure that the formula gives an NA() instead of "" .

    I have a simple how-to on plotting missing data at this link.
    http://processtrends.com/pg_charts_missing_data.htm

    ...Kelly

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    >
    > Sorry, the title probably sounds a little confusing, but hopefully my
    > problem is a quick fix.
    >
    > I have some charts, and in them about 6 different series. Along the x
    > axis, is a bunch of different values, and each series has some values
    > corresponding to some of the x axis values, but not all.
    >
    > So basically right now, some series have gaps, and rather than connect
    > the gaps with a line, Excel seems to just leave a gap in the series,
    > and continue again at the next data point.
    >
    > Hopefully you understand what I'm saying. Is there an easy way to just
    > fill in these series gaps with a straight line connect the two closest
    > data points to make the series continuous?
    >
    > Thanks in advance for any help.
    >
    >
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    thanks very much. Ya, I'm stupid, I never thought to check the options. Thanks a lot, it all works now.

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