Keep getting "Selected data cannot be charted please select new range" error. Help!

Pamela Snipes

My first time creating a dashboard and getting error "Selected data cannot be charted please select new range" whether trying to add data from a report or from a sheet. Please advice! I am untrained thus far!

Paul Newcome

Are you able to provide a screenshot of the data you are trying to chart?

Jgallant

I keep getting "Select data cannot be cannot be charted" I am trying to chart completion status of the project. This should be very simple instead it has become obsurdly frustrating

Paul Newcome

@Jgallant Are you able to provide a screenshot of the data you are trying to chart?

Jgallant

I finally got it. I had to unselect the sheet name column from the report. I knew I was missing something VERY simple!

Carmen Low

I just selected 2 columns from my sheet but is still getting the error. any help please?

Genevieve P.

Hi @Carmen Low

Charts require numerical data. It looks like the two columns you're selecting only have text in them, not a summary of the data.

What I would personally do here is use a Report to show just the two columns you want, then Group and Summarize the columns to generate the data/numbers you want to chart. Here's more information: Redesigned Reports with Grouping and Summary Functions

Carmen Low

@Genevieve P. thanks so much! i used excel to work on my data and got a pie chart finally! here's my data sheet now:

i'll check on the grouping and summary functions in smartsheet when I have some spare time but for now. i'm just happy that i managed to get the pie chart on the dashboard!