Hi :) Congrats on figuring it out and many thanks for posting the answer back to the list. Hopefully when someone else needs the answer to this the archives might be more useful to answerers trying to help. Thanks and regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Jim Thompson <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013, 22:37 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOfficeCalc - secondary Y axis and >getting desired data to appear in chart > > >Never mind... got it figured out. > >Click on a line on the chart to make the Data Series dialog appear > > - > > Options – Align data series to > - > > Primary Y axis … OR > - > > Secondary Y axis > >The first trick was to make the DJI line appear, by fiddling with the >Primary Y axis, then was able to align that data series with the Secondary >Y axis. Was able to get the desired chart (also changed Line display for >the DJI to make the chart easier to read). > > >Cheers, > >Jim > > >On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Jim Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Greetings! >> >> Using LibreOffice Calc – 4.1.0.4 >> >> >> Have a fairly simple spreadsheet (just data, no formulas) >> >> - >> >> Column A – Date (e.g., 5.17 = May 17) >> - >> >> Columns B thru E – percentages (range between -6 and +2) >> - >> >> Column F – whole numbers (range between 1450 and 1600) >> >> >> Want to generate a chart (using wizard - and manual tweaking as needed) >> >> - >> >> Chart type – Line – Points and lines (easy to read) >> - >> >> First row as label + First column as label >> >> >> Note the initial results >> >> - >> >> DJI shows changes by date >> - >> >> Other numbers (percentages) are so small they are scrunched into >> virtual invisibility >> - >> >> OK – looks like we need 2 Y axes (one for percentages; one for DJI) >> >> >> Finish initial draft >> >> - >> >> Title – Performance of JFT IRAs + joint account >> - >> >> Subtitle – Compared to TRP benchmarks + DJI >> - >> >> X axis – date >> - >> >> Y axis – % lead >> - >> >> Display legend – Bottom >> >> >> Change primary Y axis (to display percentages) >> >> - >> >> double click on Y Axis >> - >> >> adjust Scale settings >> - >> >> uncheck Automatic for first 3 settings >> - >> >> Minimum -6 >> - >> >> Maximum 2 >> - >> >> Major interval 1 >> - >> >> we now see interesting chart for the 4 percentage columns (by date) >> - >> >> (optional) drag chart to below data, pull bottom right corner to I,50 >> (one page on my printer) >> >> >> Can we get DJI onto same chart by fiddling with Secondary Y axis? >> >> >> From menu bar >> >> - >> >> Insert – Axes >> - >> >> Secondary axes – Y axis >> >> >> Change secondary Y axis (attempting to display DJI) >> >> - >> >> double click on Secondary Y axis >> - >> >> adjust Scale settings >> - >> >> uncheck Automatic for first 3 settings >> - >> >> Minimum 14500 >> - >> >> Maximum 16000 >> - >> >> Major interval 300 >> >> >> DJI line not shown. What else is required to display DJI data on same >> chart? >> >> Attached should be 2 Calc spreadsheets... >> >> - jft_ira_performance_graph_data_DJI.ods (just the raw numbers) >> >> - jft_ira_performance_graph_0809_DJI.ods (with half-baked chart) >> >> >> Thanks for any comments or suggestions. >> >> >> Jim >> >> >> > >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
