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I am plotting a line chart which is a time series. After a certain period of time, the time series shows #NUM! How can I get excel to ignore the #NUM! and plot nothing. Currently, it plots all values of #NUM! as zero which makes my chart inaccurate.
daysandtimes
Posted 2012-09-27T14:14:38.140
Reputation: 147
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Consider using =IFERROR(A1,NA()). This will replace all error values with NA(), which Excel will automatically skip giving you a gap.
dav
Posted 2012-09-27T14:14:38.140
Reputation: 8 378
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You can setup a graph to handle missing data, but not to handle faultive data.
So, to solve this you should protect your time-series with a code like:
B1=IFERROR(A1;"")
Whereby A1 would be your "raw" data and B1 is the cell/column which you will have to use as chart-input.
Jook
Posted 2012-09-27T14:14:38.140
Reputation: 1 745
how do i get to hidden and empty cell settings? – daysandtimes – 2012-09-27T14:49:50.733
choose 'select data source' or so, after a right-click into your chart, then the button at the lft-bottom – Jook – 2012-09-27T14:53:09.560
4"" is interpreted by Excel as text, and is assigned a value of zero. If you don't want a point at zero, use NA() in the formula instead of "". This puts the ugly #N/A into the cell, but it is not plotted with a point. If the points are connected by lines, a line is drawn connecting the points on either side of the #N/A. – Jon Peltier – 2012-11-27T20:50:07.513
3NA() or #N/A does not leave a gap. It prevents drawing a marker, but if the other points are connected by a line, Excel draws a line between the points on either side of the #N/A. – Jon Peltier – 2012-11-27T20:48:35.347