How do I create a simple line graph in Numbers version 3.6.2?

Create a table where your data will reside as the source of the chart:

make the first row a header rows to define the series by using the contextual menu of the first row:

now select columns A and B, then add a scatter chart from the Charts menu

Here is the table with the chart and no data. So enter some data:

With data

The template shows where the numbers are. Click a graph, and then the Edit Data References rectangle to get a feel for how things work.

The numbers go into a table, and you base the graph on part or all of a table.

See where the x y are?

You would put your data where the x and y are. Then "connect the dots" to make a line (click the chart and look for this in the panel at the right).

And remove the formatting on the points if you want (click the line in the chart and look for this in the panel at the right).

The results, straight from the template, end up something like this:

It can be customized further as needed. Explore the tabs in the panel at the righ.

SG

Hi miinujo / ka,

Adding to these excellent replies (Scatter Plot), perhaps you are looking for a 2D Line Chart (graph).

The Charting Basics template (Basic Charts Sheet) does not illustrate this. So here we go...

A 2D Line graph is one of the Category graphs where the X-axis consists of discrete Categories (in your example, Day Number).

The X-axis has equally spaced values (ideally, one label for each Category).

For a Category graph, the X values must be in a Header Column, and the Y values must be in a non-Header column.

Row 1 is a Header Row.

You can enlarge the table to 90 days

Now stretch the graph to the right

The X-axis has room for only every second label (Day 1, 3, 5... to Day 89).

To include every day, stretch the graph further to the right

Good luck, this will not fit on one sheet of paper!

Hint, you can change the type of graph here:

And, yes, you can add a second line to a Scatter Plot or a 2D Line graph.

Regards,

Ian.

Hi ~k,

Also, I may want to add a second line to the graph so it would show two different results.

If you want a Line graph with two (or more) Categories, it might look like this:

Each fruit is a distinct Category (the horizontal X-axis)

Values (numbers for the years 2016 and 2017) are the vertical Y-axis.

I you want a Scatter Plot, please see replies above.

Please reply with your overall aim.

Never, ever give up.

Regards,

Ian.

Edit: I was too late for the Edit time-out

If you want a Line graph with two (or more) Categories, it might look like this:

Correction:

If you want a Line graph with two (or more) Categories, lines it might look like this:

Regards,

Ian

Hi,

A very useful resource is the 'Charting Basics' template at File > New in your menu:

SG

Hi ~ka,

Click anywhere in a table and Menu > Table > Header Rows (or Header Columns or Footer Rows)

or here:

Regards,

Ian.