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    Dynamic Range Graph with data in separate file?

    I've perused the threads and I can't seem to find one that has already answered this.
    Is it possible to create a dynamic range graph (with named ranges) in one file with the data to run the graph in a totally different file?
    I've tried but it doesn't seem to work, keeps reverting to a fixed range.
    Working in 2010.
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    Re: Dynamic Range Graph with data in separate file?

    Should be,

    In my test Book2 contained the named ranges
    Book3 contained the chart with a series formula of

    =SERIES(,'C:\Temp\Book2.xlsx'!MYLABELS,'C:\Temp\Book2.xlsx'!MYDATA,1)
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    Re: Dynamic Range Graph with data in separate file?

    Andy,

    Glad to see your test works. I've included the two files with which I am working. Probably doing something wrong that I can't see.
    BTW, the SERIES function does not seem to work for me in 2010 (maybe because I'm working in French), as it doesn't seem to acknowledge it.
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    Re: Dynamic Range Graph with data in separate file?

    Not sure your OFFSET formula will work with closed workbooks.

    Try outputting the formula to cells in the local workbook and then within the local workbook link the chart to those cells.

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    Re: Dynamic Range Graph with data in separate file?

    Thanks. It's what I thought; OFFSET doesn't seem to acknowledge "offline" workbooks. And since for security reasons, I can't put the data in the same workbook, it won't work.
    I'm just thinking out loud here, but would it work if I mirrored the data from the offline workbook into the local workbook and then charted from that data? I could always hide the mirrored data sheet or will OFFSET also not acknowledge mirrored data from an offline source?

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    Re: Dynamic Range Graph with data in separate file?

    Yes, I think you are suggesting the same thing as I am.

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