I have looked through many answers here but am not finding anything that solves my problem completely. I can assemble the chart, but the legend isn't appearing properly.
I have a chart that tracks employee metrics for the fiscal year. So I have column A is an employee name then columns C-I are historical points for the metric for each month with C being March and I being September. Column B is the average which updates each month I add a new column. I am trying to chart trends in the metrics by employee. For this I need to chart range A1:I53. However row 2 is the company average per month and column B is the employee average. These will need excluded. When making the line chart it gives a timeline of each employees performance but the last one is always the average.
I can't move the average because the spreadsheet is sent to department leadership and the average is in the ideal place for leadership to check. I tried making the chart with multiple ranges which partially solves my issue, however it removes labels. I tried A1:A53,C1:I53 and the series is then labeled as a % and not the employee name. When combining ranges horizontally I get the labels back, but I can't filter them out. I would like the chart to reflect the full report, but the graph to reflect specific employees. It also adds in the company average, which I could remove before having multiple ranges.
I have tried the following questions solutions but they are not formatting properly for my use:
How can I skip columns in a Google Spreadsheets Chart?
Any help would be appreciated
Edit:This is the data I have
| Employee | Average Score | March | Feb | Jan | Dec | Nov | Oct | Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dep | =Average(C2:x2) | 98.2 | 99.7 | 95.6 | 96.7 | 98.2 | 97.7 | 96.3 |
| Emp1 | =Average(C3:x3) | 92.3 | 97.4 | 98.6 | 82.7 | 80.9 | 90.2 | 77.6 |
| Emp2 | =Average(C4:x4) | 77.2 | 65.3 | 43.5 | 7.2 | 88.6 | 92.3 | 17.4 |
This is the data I want to chart
| Employee | March | Feb | Jan | Dec | Nov | Oct | Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emp1 | 92.3 | 97.4 | 98.6 | 82.7 | 80.9 | 90.2 | 77.6 |
| Emp2 | 77.2 | 65.3 | 43.5 | 7.2 | 88.6 | 92.3 | 17.4 |
But the Chart won't show all employees. In this case it would only show Emp2. But for clarity and to help showcase trends to department leadership I still want the average score for all employees shown in the table, just hidden from the chart.