Bar graph X axis question

Not sure what went wrong there. Here's what I get:

I first selected all the cells in the table, and then went in the menu and chose Insert > Chart > 2D Column.

SG

SG

You may have arrived at this state from the order in which you added data to your chart. Given that it looks like you have not done much formatting to the chart, the easiest thing is to delete it and start again.

It looks like all your data is on the chart but the chart is not wide enough to show all the labels. If you widen the chart you should see 7/15-8-15, 9/15-10/15, and 11/15-12/15 appear in their proper places. What I am puzzled by is how you have an additional set of labels to the right side of your chart. I can recreate it but it takes some work to do it.

If this problem was caused by how data was added to the chart, when using Edit Data References to add data it is best to include new data by dragging on the little circle in the lower right of the selection box vs clicking one at a time on the new cells to be added. I don't know what you might have done to add additional labels.

For a table that has been extensively formatted and you don't want to start over, you can fix it in a few steps. It takes one step per series plus one more for the X axis labels. Usually it is just easier to start over.

Yes, starting over is really easy as described in my original reply above:

"I selected all the cells in the table, and then went in the menu and chose Insert > Chart > 2D Column."

Done in a second or so.

SG

I am still puzzled as to how the chart got that way. Might be helpful to know what could have happened so it is not done again. How did it get a second set of value labels in a way that would be easy to do accidentally?

Hi BU,

Not sure it helps to make things more complicated than they are.

Unless, of course, you think the simple approach I suggested in my original reply is incorrect, in which case it would be adding to the discussion to point out specifics of why.

SG

Recreating the chart is by far the simplest way to fix it. I thought if the OP knew what went wrong they could avoid doing it again. Sometimes it helps to know what not to do. Plus, I am perplexed. But whatever, it is not all that important and it does complicate things. If the mistake is easy to do, it will show up again some day.