Excel chart a line per category

Question

Unfortunately, I am unable to complete a straightforward activity in Excel. For each category (car model), where the x-axis is the date and the y-axis is the price, I want to have a separate line in the chart. I have the table below.

Modell  Preis   Inserat online seit
318i     6,999 €    30.04.2021
325i     9,999 €    01.05.2021
320i     9,999 €    30.04.2021
318i     9,990 €    28.04.2021
318i     7,500 €    21.04.2021
318i     7,900 €    15.04.2021

Answer 1

Pivot charts, in my opinion, are the greatest solution for your issue. However, to ensure that all categories have enough data before creating a line chart. Otherwise, you won't see lines for all categories. You don't have enough information for all the automobile models in your sample data.

I have used the following sample:

After that, I inserted a pivot chart. While creating the pivot chart, I choose "Date" for Axis (Catagories) and "Model" for Legend (Series), and "Price" for Values. Like this:

By simply right-clicking the Excel default chart, I can now change the chart type to "Line Chart." And I obtained the following outcome: