Right-click any of the points, go to Add -> Data Labels 3) Then select Use labels from column, in the text box enter the column with the labels and then press OK.Īfter these steps you’ll end with a graph like this: 2) Add the labels to the points using the labels column. For the example above, go to Calc – Calculator, then enter a name for the labels column, and create the IF formula. To create the labels Go to Calc – Calculator and use the IF function: IF(,, “”).

However, you can create a column with the labels and then assign the labels of the points according to the new column:ġ) Create the labels column using the calculator. Unfortunately, there’s no straightforward way of assigning labels to specific points in a plot. For example, let’s say that you want to identify the points above 30 in the following time series plot. In such cases, you might want to identify specific points in the graph.

When you create a time series plot with lots of data points, there’s no way of having a tick mark in the X-axis for each of the points. Label specific points in time series plots Include details as footnote for all graphsĬhange colors and symbols for different groups in the data Please download the Minitab file with the data sets so you can follow along.ĭon’t alternate ticks in graphs with panels In this post I’ll show you 5 great Minitab graphs tricks.