plotting lines when some data is missing

[User (Legacy)]

As an example, assume 2 series in a Lines chart.  Series(0) has 10 points,

and Series(1) has 5 points.  Since each series must have the same number of

points, Series(1) must have, in this example, 5 points set to

CHART_HIDDEN so that only the 5 real data points show and the other 5 points

in the series are blank.  However, when this is done, the line no longer is

drawn thru the 5 real data points.  I have not figured out a way to draw the

line and keep the blank data at the same time.  One suggestion was to

replace the CHART_HIDDEN points with a point calculated as the average of

the previous and next point.  This indeed allows the line to be drawn, but

it puts a made-up data point where there really is no data.

Anyone have any clues how to solve this?

Scott Van Verst

[Software FX]

Dear Scot,

Do you mean that both lines should have the same "length" ? if so, you need

to create an XY chart, otherwise Chart FX has no way of knowing that you

want to "spread" those points apart.

In an XY chart, you can assign X-Values to each individual point, this

allows you to control the distance between them regardless of the number of

points and independently of other series.

You can still use CHART_HIDDEN to hide points at the end of the shorter

series.

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FP

Software FX Support

"Scott Van Verst" <scott.vanverst@doh.wa.gov> wrote in message

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> As an example, assume 2 series in a Lines chart.  Series(0) has 10 points,

> and Series(1) has 5 points.  Since each series must have the same number

of

> points, Series(1) must have, in this example, 5 points set to

> CHART_HIDDEN so that only the 5 real data points show and the other 5

points

> in the series are blank.  However, when this is done, the line no longer

is

> drawn thru the 5 real data points.  I have not figured out a way to draw

the

> line and keep the blank data at the same time.  One suggestion was to

> replace the CHART_HIDDEN points with a point calculated as the average of

> the previous and next point.  This indeed allows the line to be drawn, but

> it puts a made-up data point where there really is no data.

>

> Anyone have any clues how to solve this?

>

> Scott Van Verst

>

>