Keep getting "Selected data cannot be charted please select new range" error. Help!
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!
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Are you able to provide a screenshot of the data you are trying to chart?
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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
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@Jgallant Are you able to provide a screenshot of the data you are trying to chart?
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I finally got it. I had to unselect the sheet name column from the report. I knew I was missing something VERY simple!
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I just selected 2 columns from my sheet but is still getting the error. any help please?
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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
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@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!
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