Hessel de Walle's Blog

The question is how can somebody just pick the graph he/she wants to see without seeing the other graphs? Nice to have for your Excel dashboard. Something like this: How did I do this? I created one sheet called graphs with three different graphs. Then I created three names One , Two and Three referring to a range containing the graphs One , Two and Three respectively. Like this: one = graphs!$G$1:$O$16 two = graphs!$G$17:$O$33 three = graphs!$G$33:$O$48 On a second sheet called whichgraphtoshow  in cell A2 I then created a picking list containing one , two and three . Yet another name refers to this cell: graphLookup =INDIRECT(whichgraphtoshow!$A$2) On the same sheet I then inserted a picture. The picture refers to the name graphLookup .  And it is all working! You can download  ExcelWhichGraphToShow.xlsx  via: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7HgkOwFZtdZVmhRQUZFM28yc1U&usp=sharing

What to show? Thirty six charts or just one dynamic one? I created I chart which shows the choice of two parameters: cumulatives AVERAGE, MIN or MAX and months JAN through DEC. So, in this case we have thirty six sets of data we can choose from. Take your pick! I needed just one complex name: MONTH: =OFFSET(temp1!$B$2;0;MATCH(temp!$Q$2;monthnames;0)-1;temp!XER1-1705;1) The rest you can easily figure out yourself. You can download  ExcelMoving.xlsx  via: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7HgkOwFZtdZVmhRQUZFM28yc1U&usp=sharing