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Struggling to create graph comparing lap times in Excel


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I have 26 lap times of a go karting course.

 

When I select them all and create a standard line chart, it doesn't show what it's clear I'm trying to show.

 

Screenshot included below.

 

Any ideas?

 

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It might help if you explain what you've tried in order to get the graph in the screenshot. From the looks of things you've selected all of column B, but only one cell from column A (A26).

All of column A should be your X axis, and all of column B should be your Y axis (if I understand what you're trying to achieve correctly.)

EDIT: Yes, you could post the file as well so that we can try it on our own machines.

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  On 06/08/2014 at 19:47, Nick H. said:

It might help if you explain what you've tried in order to get the graph in the screenshot. From the looks of things you've selected all of column B, but only one cell from column A (A26).

All of column A should be your X axis, and all of column B should be your Y axis (if I understand what you're trying to achieve correctly.)

No, I selected A1 to B26, 100%.

  On 06/08/2014 at 19:47, zhangm said:

Post the file?

Otherwise, try adding headers (Lap, Time) to your columns and selecting those with your data when you're making the chart.

Tried adding headers, didn't change anything.

 

Here is the file:

http://speedy.sh/tfyP3/eb-excellaptimes1.xls

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  On 06/08/2014 at 19:54, Ironman273 said:

This is what I got

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Strange.

 

I used the defaults. If you did too, it must be a difference between 2003 and whichever newer version you're using.

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  On 06/08/2014 at 19:55, Elliot B. said:

Strange.

 

I used the defaults. If you did too, it must be a difference between 2003 and whichever newer version you're using.

I just converted it all into seconds.

Book1.zipFetching info...

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  On 06/08/2014 at 19:56, Ironman273 said:

I'm using 2013.  All I had to do was delete series 1, which it took as the lap numbers. Once I did that it immediately looked like my screencapture.

How do I delete "series 1"?

 

  On 06/08/2014 at 19:56, zhangm said:

I just converted it all into seconds.

How do I do that? "Time" in Format Cells doesn't allow me to choose seconds with 3 decimal places.

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My format only goes until the last lap.  I didn't apply it to the columnn.

 

Also, I typed it all in myself, so I can't be sure there aren't typos.  I wasn't going to download an .exe from that site ;)

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  On 06/08/2014 at 20:06, Ironman273 said:

My format only goes until the last lap.  I didn't apply it to the columnn.

 

Also, I typed it all in myself, so I can't be sure there aren't typos.  I wasn't going to download an .exe from that site ;)

It downloads it as the orignal file, not an exe...

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  On 06/08/2014 at 20:06, Elliot B. said:

It downloads it as the orignal file, not an exe...

Well, it downloaded a file that was "filename.xls.exe" so I cancelled it.

 

Also, if you use my format like the screenshot above you can apply it to the column and then input it as "0:25.918"  (notice the leading zero, the colon and the decimal point)

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  On 06/08/2014 at 20:08, Ironman273 said:

Well, it downloaded a file that was "filename.xls.exe" so I cancelled it.

Strange, that doesn't happen on this end. Or for the guys above, it seems. Oh well :)

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  On 06/08/2014 at 20:10, Elliot B. said:

Strange, that doesn't happen on this end. Or for the guys above, it seems. Oh well :)

I probably clicked on the wrong thing.

 

Try this:

eb-excellaptimes1.zipFetching info...

 

I extended the format to the whole column, added titles to the graph and chart.

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  On 06/08/2014 at 20:13, Ironman273 said:

I probably clicked on the wrong thing.

 

Try this:

attachicon.gifeb-excellaptimes1.zip

 

I extended the format to the whole column, added titles to the graph and chart.

Thank you! :)

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