Hi,
You can add a third series to the chart so that the legend item appears
but set the data to be plotted to be zero or #N/A such that the column
or line is not displayed.
Cheers
Andy
> I have three variables that need to appear in my legend but only two of them
> should appear in the chart. How do I show the third variable in the legend
> without it being plotted in the chart?

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