Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 95515
3.0 causing changes to chart properties specifically data ranges
Last modified: 2013-02-24 21:21:03 UTC
When saving a 2.1 file in 3.0 data ranges, and possibly related chart properties (line width), of charts are being changed causing charting problems. I discuss this issue here in the forum. http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11296
This issue appears to be caused by 3.0 attempting to correct what it *assumes* is an error in the data start points. This causes loss of chart data each time until a correction of 3.0 correction is made.
If you edit the global data range in the field on the data range tab page your input is interpreted by the chart and split automatically into several ranges, that are then used for categories and series. The range is split into columns and rows as described by the controls below the data range field. In case you are not satisfied with this automatic splitting please use the Data Series page. Here are no automatisms involved and you will exactly get what you have added, because you yourself indicate that a range is for the categories or for the y-values of the series or for a name of a series and so on. In some special cases obviously the automatic splitting of the global range does something that is unexpected for several users. This problem is already reported with issue 92339. About the sometimes vanishing series - this happens in case you changed the global range to something from what the automatic splitting makes less series then before. You can avoid this also by using the data series tab page. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 92339 ***
closed as double