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Chart source data gets longer every day? How can I make the chart follow it down?

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    Chart source data gets longer every day? How can I make the chart follow it down?

    I have an external add-in to Excel that prints data every day, which increased the data range by 1 cell per day.
    I have charts running off this data, but the frustrating thing is, every single day I have to drag down the source data range so that the chart includes the new information. I have attached an Excel file to help explain this. Does anyone know of a way that I can somehow make the chart automatically refresh to include the new data/rows.

    Thanks so much, this drives me crazy.

    excel help.xlsx

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    Re: Chart source data gets longer every day? How can I make the chart follow it down?

    Sounds like you need a dynamic chart:

    http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/...html#DynColCht
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    Re: Chart source data gets longer every day? How can I make the chart follow it down?

    http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/...umnChart1.html

    Thanks, i tried this but unfortunately when I get to the stage where I have to click on the chart, and write the named range in the SERIES: bit of the chart in the formula, I type in the name, but it obviously doesn't like it as it doesnt let me escape the formula bar. Any idea? thanks

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    Re: Chart source data gets longer every day? How can I make the chart follow it down?

    An easier method to bypass dealing with named ranges would be to convert your data range to an Excel Table. You can do this by highlighting the entire range, and pressing CTRL+T. Then adjust your chart to include the entire range. Now every time you enter in data, the chart will update accordingly.

    If you do not want to go this route, there are other, slightly more complicated options as well.

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