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Need a line as an error bar on a chart

Hello,

I would like to make a chart that looks like this:

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Is this possible in QV 9.0 SR5?  

I have been trying to make error bars work but they are always a range of values. I want to show a single value on top of each expression bar.

Thanks!

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If this is not possible, does anyone have an idea on what the next closest thing I could do would be?

Thanks

SunilChauhan
Champion II
Champion II

go to chart->properties->presentation->reference lines->add-> in expression write any Expression or give any number you want

it will show you a line in ur graph

you can choose your color also for line

Sunil Chauhan
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Thanks for that suggestion, Sunil.  I will keep it in mind, however it doesn't really work for me since I have unique values for each "Market" column in the chart. If I could format a set of reference lines to only show on top of each Market column, then I would have something.

I will keep looking here.

swuehl
MVP
MVP

You were asking for possible alternatives:

Well, it looks a little bit like a set of linear gauges.

Or maybe (depending of your numbers of dimension / expressions), try a group of stacked bars, where you calculate the expressions in a way that they give you the plan/estimated (lower) and actual (upper) part ( if the plan is always lower than the actual like in above example, this could work), thus simulating also a kind of linear gauge.

edit:

I think was a bit in a hurry before: I don't want to suggest a plain "normal" stacked bar chart, the stacked bars should give you the estimate or plan in lower part and then the Surplus of the actual in the upper part.

edited by swuehl