Category Axis placement

[rvExcelNewTip]

I have a stacked bar chart, with total values of the bars being negative or positive.

Can I place the Category Axis (X-axis) at the bottom of the chart, without specifying a specific number?

Now I have put a fixed number on the scale tab for the Value axis (Y) for "Cuts Category Axis (X) at".

This is rather inconvenient as the minimum values can change from one run to another.

[mangesh_yadav]

You could have an activate event macro, something like

Private Sub Chart_Activate()
ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).CrossesAt = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")
End Sub


Where Range A1 contains the figure you want the axis to cut through. A1 will have a formula like =MIN(A1:A10)

This is just for you to get an idea.

Mangesh

[Tushar Mehta]

Pick an arbitrarily large negative number (larger than any legitimate
value you will possibly have) for the 'Category (X) axis crosses at'
field.

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> I have a stacked bar chart, with total values of the bars being negative
> or positive.
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> Can I place the Category Axis (X-axis) at the bottom of the chart,
> without specifying a specific number?
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> Now I have put a fixed number on the scale tab for the Value axis (Y)
> for "Cuts Category Axis (X) at".
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> This is rather inconvenient as the minimum values can change from one
> run to another.
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[rvExcelNewTip]

The last reply was the "ideal" solution to my problem. As the Y-values do represent percentages growth or decline and the decline couldn't be more than 100%, there is an absolute minimum to the scale.

The nice thing about the solution is that if the minimum data value is e.g. -40%, the Y-scale doesn't extend to -100%.

Thanks.