Issue 13437 - button to swap x y ranges
Summary: button to swap x y ranges
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 3997
Alias: None
Product: General
Classification: Code
Component: chart (show other issues)
Version: 3.3.0 or older (OOo)
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P5 (lowest) Trivial (vote)
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Assignee: bjoern.milcke
QA Contact: issues@graphics
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Reported: 2003-04-15 00:43 UTC by badhack
Modified: 2013-02-24 21:20 UTC (History)
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Description badhack 2003-04-15 00:43:26 UTC 
If you are plotting 2 columns of data, it's tough to remember which column 
becomes the x-axis and which becomes the y-axis. Sometimes, the data I capture 
and paste into calc is just backwards. Half the time I fill out the y-axis 
name, x-axis name, click Finish only to realize the data are on the wrong axes.

An option to swap the axis would be convenient.
Comment 1 kla 2003-04-15 12:34:57 UTC 
Hi bettina,
one for you.
tk
Comment 2 kla 2003-04-15 12:35:34 UTC 
Hi bettina,
one for you
tk
Comment 3 eric.savary 2003-04-16 15:34:05 UTC 
Set to "NEW"
Comment 4 bettina.haberer 2004-11-29 18:13:43 UTC 
Reassigned to Ingrid.
Comment 5 IngridvdM 2004-12-03 15:13:34 UTC 
Hi badhack. Thanks for your request.
I belief that you want to swap the range assignment but not the axis. Swapping
axis in general is what happens in the transition from bar to column chart. So I
changed the description.
The scenario that you described will be less painfull with the integration of
another feature ( see issue 30993 ). Than it will be possible to change the
assignment of ranges in a much more flexible way. It should only be an exchange
of two text field contents than. So I change the prio to low. But we could think
on an exchane button there later.
Comment 6 badhack 2004-12-13 14:35:46 UTC 
iha,

Actually, my issue is much simpler than that. I do lots of plotting, but it is
always basic "XY" or "Line" charts. My request is more of a useability issue
rather than lack of functionality.

For example, when I paste two columns of data from the lab into Calc and do a XY
plot, Calc asumes that column "A" should be plotted against the Y-axis. It would
be nice to be able to select which column plots along Y, rather than moving data
around on my spreadsheet as I do now.
Comment 7 IngridvdM 2006-01-18 18:35:54 UTC 
IHA->BM: Please consider how this issue is related to your issue 3997. Please
also consider the priority again. Thanks.
Comment 8 bjoern.milcke 2006-05-15 08:56:40 UTC 
As with the flexible source range feature (Issue 3997) it will be possible to
select the range for x-values for each data series, it should be sufficient to
solve your problem. Therefore I set this to duplicate.

If you think the solution of using the corresponding dialog for chosing x-values
(see specification on
http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/dataselection/FlexibleSourceRangeSelection.odt)
is not sufficient for your purposes, then please propose a different feasible
(sufficiently generic) solution.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 3997 ***
Comment 9 bjoern.milcke 2006-05-15 08:58:24 UTC 
Closed as duplicate