You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Why is all my data not showing on my graph

I am on numbers making garphs with data that I have put into excell. Now when I select data and go to make a graph not all my data shows up on the graph why? This also only happens for some of the graphs not all of them.

Mac Pro

Posted on Apr 10, 2013 10:47 AM

Reply
5 replies

Apr 10, 2013 11:03 AM in response to Barry

I made the graph and the data in numbers I didn't mean to say Excell. I'm using the 2-axis option, but I can make any type of graph. No matter the graph it still only shows one set of data. The top graph shows both data and the bottom one will only show the one data.






User uploaded file




The data is highlighted that I need. The graph above is only shows caffeine input not the sugar intake.





User uploaded file

Apr 11, 2013 8:16 PM in response to Badunit

If you need to keep the units in the display, you can do that by setting a 'custom format' for the columns needing displayed units. As can be seen here, units displayed using formatting will not prevent the numbers being used in a chart:

User uploaded file

Here's the format setting, created as a Custom format in the Cell Inspector, used in column E above:

User uploaded file


Values in th formatted column are entered as numbers, without the g.


Regards,

Barry

Apr 11, 2013 11:58 AM in response to Liv2laugh022

I see two problems right off the bat.


  1. Your series/column names (Sugar Intake, SG, etc.) are not in a header row.
  2. Some of your data is numbers, some is not. All those "numbers" that end with "g" or "mg" are considered to be text. Those data points will not be included in any charts.


Numbers is getting confused by these two things together. If you fix the data so it is all numbers (remove the g's and mg's), you should be able to plot the data correctly. You don't have to move the column/series names to the header row.

Why is all my data not showing on my graph

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.