Bar Chart Help

I would like to display the series field at the start of a bar instead of
using a legend.
thanks in advanceI'm not sure I understand the question correctly. A chart of type "bar" is
actually drawn with horizontal bars and the labels of the categories are
shown as text along the y-axis. Isn't that exactly what you are looking for?
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"Tango" <Tango@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I would like to display the series field at the start of a bar instead of
> using a legend.
> thanks in advance|||id like to have no y axis shown 9due to space limitations) but the name from
the y axis at the left hand side in the bar itself. Hope this makes sense.
"Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand the question correctly. A chart of type "bar" is
> actually drawn with horizontal bars and the labels of the categories are
> shown as text along the y-axis. Isn't that exactly what you are looking for?
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>
> "Tango" <Tango@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7D560240-EF6A-4568-91E4-A3A8EB4CE0A3@.microsoft.com...
> > I would like to display the series field at the start of a bar instead of
> > using a legend.
> >
> > thanks in advance
>
>|||You could set the category label expressions to a blank: =" "
Then, use datapoint labels to show descriptions on the datapoint bars inside
the chart.
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"Tango" <Tango@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> id like to have no y axis shown 9due to space limitations) but the name
from
> the y axis at the left hand side in the bar itself. Hope this makes sense.
> "Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> > I'm not sure I understand the question correctly. A chart of type "bar"
is
> > actually drawn with horizontal bars and the labels of the categories are
> > shown as text along the y-axis. Isn't that exactly what you are looking
for?
> >
> > --
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rights.
> >
> >
> > "Tango" <Tango@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7D560240-EF6A-4568-91E4-A3A8EB4CE0A3@.microsoft.com...
> > > I would like to display the series field at the start of a bar instead
of
> > > using a legend.
> > >
> > > thanks in advance
> >
> >
> >|||Thanks Robert,
i cant work out how to use a datapoint label.
"Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> You could set the category label expressions to a blank: =" "
> Then, use datapoint labels to show descriptions on the datapoint bars inside
> the chart.
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> "Tango" <Tango@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:06EE7101-A06C-457C-B615-41FD45E7563F@.microsoft.com...
> > id like to have no y axis shown 9due to space limitations) but the name
> from
> > the y axis at the left hand side in the bar itself. Hope this makes sense.
> >
> > "Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not sure I understand the question correctly. A chart of type "bar"
> is
> > > actually drawn with horizontal bars and the labels of the categories are
> > > shown as text along the y-axis. Isn't that exactly what you are looking
> for?
> > >
> > > --
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Tango" <Tango@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:7D560240-EF6A-4568-91E4-A3A8EB4CE0A3@.microsoft.com...
> > > > I would like to display the series field at the start of a bar instead
> of
> > > > using a legend.
> > > >
> > > > thanks in advance
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>|||You will find a sample report at the bottom of this posting.
In particular investigate
* the category grouping label expression
* the datapoint label expression of the "UnitsInStock" series
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"Tango" <Tango@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Robert,
> i cant work out how to use a datapoint label.
>
> "Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> > You could set the category label expressions to a blank: =" "
> > Then, use datapoint labels to show descriptions on the datapoint bars
inside
> > the chart.
> >
> > --
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> >
> >
> > "Tango" <Tango@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:06EE7101-A06C-457C-B615-41FD45E7563F@.microsoft.com...
> > > id like to have no y axis shown 9due to space limitations) but the
name
> > from
> > > the y axis at the left hand side in the bar itself. Hope this makes
sense.
> > >
> > > "Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm not sure I understand the question correctly. A chart of type
"bar"
> > is
> > > > actually drawn with horizontal bars and the labels of the categories
are
> > > > shown as text along the y-axis. Isn't that exactly what you are
looking
> > for?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Tango" <Tango@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:7D560240-EF6A-4568-91E4-A3A8EB4CE0A3@.microsoft.com...
> > > > > I would like to display the series field at the start of a bar
instead
> > of
> > > > > using a legend.
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks in advance
> > > >
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