I had a chart with four series, and i used the filter function in excel 20 to hide and show the second series, while the macro recorder was running. You can fake it if you add a series, format it like the one that should appear last, but give it zero values so it does not appear in the chart. This simple chart contains a series, called dummy, that we require in the chart but not in. Legend key names can be edited by clicking on the filter option and change the series name. Data is pretty simple, 2 stacked bar charts and 4 possible sources of issues.
This can be done with or without vba and the following example will focus on the use of a userform and vba to achieve a toggle chart. The legend also adds a sample of the line style, color and fill pattern used to draw the series on the chart. For additional editing options, or to modify legend entries without affecting the worksheet data, you can make changes to the legend entries in. I simply want to remove individual legend labels whilst keeping the data series in tact and included in the. In excel, legend keys are linked to the data in the plot area, so changing the color of a legend key will also change the color of the data in the plot area. This simple chart contains a series, called dummy, that we require in the chart but not in the legend. Hide data series on legend depending on values mrexcel. Show or hide a legend click the chart in which you want to show or hide a legend. For example, if a chart compares several products sales, colored lines track each product. But with many lines in one chart, you will find it hard to check certain lines. If you what the legend to contain a subset of the data that is a little more tricky. Rightclick anywhere on the chart and click select data. Sometimes, all 8 series would have data while other time, only a few. Hi, ive created some additional series that are guides for various values in a chart.
You can rightclick or tapandhold on a legend key, and choose format legend entry, to change the color, pattern, or. If you want to hide, add or delete legend entries in the chart using vba. Ive spent years working with excel charts, and ive made some observations and generalizations about excel chart legends. How to suppress 0 values in an excel chart techrepublic. For the chart title, youll link to a heading cell on the worksheet. By combining this with the legend events we can create charts that toggle data series visibility on click of corresponding legend items. On the layout tab, in the labels group, click legend. In excel 2016, it appears that individual legend labels cannot be removed from the legend without also removing their associated data series. Then rightclick the fields you dont want and hide them. Click here to edit the above chart in the chart shown above, when you click the legend icon for last year, all data plots in blue, showing the quarterly revenue for the last year are hidden showhide data plots via the legend. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to hide the legends for blank series. People have been driven mad while attempting to reorganize legends in their charts. Displaying trendlines in legend or not excelbanter.
How to hide the zero percent labels in an excel pie chart. I have 5 total data series in the legend, which represent essentially the same type of data say, a radiomarked bird, and therefore need only one data series label in the legend. This simple chart contains a series, called dummy, that we require in. Make it blank and hide it behind the legend on a dashboard. Show or hide a chart legend or data table office support. Hide unhide data series in chart on legend click canvasjs. How to hide the zero percent labels in an excel pie chart labels. You can also show a data table for a line chart, area chart, column chart, or bar chart. I have 5 columns being used as the datasource, but sometimes these columns can have nothing in them. In order to make the chart clearer, we have the two methods in this article. For pie, doughnut, funnel, and pyramid charts, any series added to the chart will add individual data points in the legend. Is there a way to dynamically hide series names and symbols from the legend on an area graph. Folks, i have 8 series that get its value dynamically from other tabs. Each legend key will represent a different color to differentiate from the other legend keys.
Legend entry tricks in excel charts peltier tech blog. With excel charting it is sometimes necessary to use additional data series in order to achieve the effect in a chart you want. You could have also filtered them out, but then youll need to go in and edit the colors so the match your original viz. How to move a shape in excel and retrieve its position using a macro vba. When there are many data series in a worksheet, the corresponding line chart will also be in a mess. How to hideunhide rows or columns with plus or minus sign.
So now i have four data series with lines in the legend, along with the new data series as well as the trendline separately. Excel charts interactive features contextures excel tips. In the attached example sheet, i want only those legends to show up that are selected. Legend will appear automatically when we insert a chart in the excel. How do i hide 1 series in legend excel view answers the graph contains 5 series of data, bars and lines, one of the series is a constant values, always horizontal.
Legends in chart how to add and remove legends in excel. Can you hide legend label when no data exist in a stacked bar. Canvasjs supports setting the visibility of a specific data series in chart using its visible property. This example turns on the legend for chart1 and then sets the legend font color to blue. Hide the regular legend entry for that item two single clicks to select just the item, and press delete. A data table displays the values that are presented in the chart in a grid at the bottom of the chart. How to remove a legend label without removing the data series. To edit legend in microsoft excel you need to update information in cells rows and columns. Select the entire rows or columns you need to hide or unhide with plus or minus sign, then click group in the outline group under data tab. I thought that calling the add method of the series object would add the named series to the seriescollection. Legends in chart how to add and remove legends in excel chart. Then with another single click you can select the legend entry.
By default, any series added to a nonshape chart in a reporting services paginated report will be added as an item in the legend. With fusioncharts suite xt, showhide the data plots belonging to a data series by clicking the corresponding legend icon. Hide series names for unused data from area graph legend. Click the chart that displays the legend entries that you want to edit. Select the chart and choose filter then will see the categories and series. For you to hide the legend, you just have to click on the none icon but for you to remove the legend entry you have to select. Legend is the space located on the plotted area of the chart in excel. This displays the chart tools, adding the design, layout, and format tabs. The first step to removing the dummy legend entry is to select the legend with a single mouse click.
A chart legend is a box that identifies data series displayed on a chart. How to design a multiple clustered bar chart series in excel. Remove from excel chart legend if value0 stack overflow. You can hide the 0s by unchecking the worksheet display option called show a zero in cells. A, b or c or a selected combination not all three if not. Toggle excel series chart excel dashboards vba and more. Discuss and answer questions about microsoft office excel. Creating charts with series which can be brought in and taken out with the click of a button is possible and creates a nice interactive chart. When using the method above, the series name remains in the legend box.
You can now use the delete key to remove the entry. If you are controlling which data series are in the chart the legend should follow. Toggle series onoff excel chart mp at saturday, february 16, 20. An excel charts legend identifies its data series markers. Hide unhide legend entry using vba if you want to hide, add or delete legend entries in the chart using vba. Create a second worksheet that you will use only for the color legend.
One of the mysteries of modern life is the order in which series appear in the legend of an excel chart. Hide unhide legend entry using vba excel vba codes. Returns a legend object that represents the legend for the chart. How, can i ensure that dynamically created series are added to. Howto easily hide zero and blank values from an excel pie chart legend duration. This series is not necessary to display in the legend. In most cases, the legend displays series names, but in a pie or doughnut chart it shows data points of a single series.
In previous versions of excel, i have been able to simply click on and delete any unwanted legend labels, whilst leaving the data series and chart unchanged. It has legend keys which are connected to the data source. Understand the legend and legend key in excel spreadsheets. This is somewhat in the line of what i was looking for but not quite. When a chart has a legend displayed, you can modify the individual legend entries by editing the corresponding data on the worksheet. Order of legend entries in excel charts peltier tech blog. How to edit legend in excel visual tutorial blog whatagraph. Turning the visibility of chart series onoff using excel. Display hidden data in an excel chart by susan harkins in microsoft office, in software on september 17, 2009, 5. While you are working with a chart on ms excel, you may need to show or hide chart legends, depending on the size of the chart, the variables. In excel 2003, i could individually select and delete data series labels from the legend with ease.
Excel 20 is there a way to turn off a chart series without removing. Edit legend entries in the select data source dialog box. I couldnt find a visibility property for the seriescollection in the legend, however one workaround is to simply rename the series as an empty string this will make the series disappear from the legend and then rename the series when you want to show it. Change series name in select data change legend name change series name in select data. This code below will toggle the visibility of the line and series name in the legend. Turning the visibility of chart series onoff using excel macrosvba. Hideunhide rows or columns with plus or minus sign. Please do as follows to hide or unhide rows or columns with plus or minus sign in excel. When i want to choose only one region in a list for instance americas i could manage to hide the name of series but the colors and lines for it still remains, so my question is do you know any way to completely hide blank series and if i choose one region only i want to hide other region colors and series, so i could have only americas.
I am trying to create a updateable chart that updates when you select a specific month. If there is a switch in the legend option that turns the labels off if no data, would be great. Display hidden data in an excel chart techrepublic. Ive seen some solutions where users are suggesting text boxes as opposed to the actual chart legend, but this really doesnt work for what i am trying to produce can explain why if necessary. To finish the line chart, youll remove the legend, and add a label to the last data point in each series. But, i dont want these series to show up in the legend key, is there a way in vba to hide these entries on the legend key but keep them in the chart itself. I know the legend can be deleted by selecting it and then hitting delete key but that takes away the legend permanently. I work with ms excel almost every day and a lot of my task involves plotting and analyzing data. In the select data source dialog box, in the legend entries series box, select the legend entry that you want to change. So i make a fifth chart with all the series, but scale the axes so the data doesnt appear, and hide all the other chart elements. The line chart in excel can show data and information better.