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title="UNCONFIRMED - FILESAVE: Using "Excel A1" formula syntax in LibO Calc options results in charts losing their link to source data if the worksheet is saved in .xlsx format"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121260">121260</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>FILESAVE: Using "Excel A1" formula syntax in LibO Calc options results in charts losing their link to source data if the worksheet is saved in .xlsx format
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>6.0.6.2 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Windows (All)
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Calc
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>mulamax@gmail.com
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<pre>If the formula syntax is set to "Excel A1" and the worksheet is saved as
"Microsoft Excel 2007-2013 XML (*.xlsx)", all charts contained in the
spreadsheet lose their link to the source data: a data table is created for
them instead, preventing the user to dynamically update the chart by updating
the originally pointed cells.
Reproducibility: always
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
- Open an empty spreadsheet and create a new chart of any type (i.e. a Line
chart). Make sure that options concerning Data Range and data series are
properly set (Series Name, Y Values, Categories, etc.)
- Open Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice Calc -> Formula menu; In Formula
Options, set the "Formula syntax" option to "Excel A1"
- Save the spreadsheet as "Microsoft Excel 2007-2013 XML (*.xlsx);
- Close LibreOffice Calc;
- Reopen in LibreOffice Calc the document just saved;
- Right-click the chart and select "Edit" from the context menu;
- Right click the chart again.
Notice that "Data range" option is not present; "Data table" option is
displayed instead. The chart is not linked to the original cells anymore.
The issue has also been discussed here:
<a href="https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/89063/calc-replacing-all-chart-data-ranges-with-data-tables/">https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/89063/calc-replacing-all-chart-data-ranges-with-data-tables/</a>
Kind regards,
Massimo</pre>
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