Chart Showing Text within a Month

[jdj1907]

Hi,
I've been searching through forums and trying (in vain) many ways to create a chart (Using Excel 2010) that displays a Project name on one axis, a project milestone on the other axis and the month as the 'value'.

This may be asking Excel to do too much but basically I have a series of projects ongoing which I have to create a report for every month, this needs to be an 'easy to see' overview of the key milestones in coming months.
I.e. This would show that in January I have 3 key milestones coming up; two projects initiating and 1 project starting the second phase.

I've included an example of the chart I have if its any help
- Also, I know this would be sorted in MS Project but I don't have the luxury of that software
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Project 1[/TD]
[TD]Project 2[/TD]
[TD]Project 3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Project Start[/TD]
[TD]January[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 92"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD]February</SPAN>[/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY><COLGROUP><COL></COLGROUP>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD]January[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][TABLE="width: 67"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD]Project Second Phase[/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY><COLGROUP><COL></COLGROUP>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 92"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD]March</SPAN>[/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY><COLGROUP><COL></COLGROUP>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 92"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD]March</SPAN>[/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY><COLGROUP><COL></COLGROUP>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 92"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD]January[/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY><COLGROUP><COL></COLGROUP>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][TABLE="width: 67"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD]Project End</SPAN>[/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY><COLGROUP><COL></COLGROUP>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD]June[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 92"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD]April</SPAN>[/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY><COLGROUP><COL></COLGROUP>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD][TABLE="width: 92"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD]
February
</SPAN>[/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY><COLGROUP><COL></COLGROUP>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY>[/TABLE]

 

[sijpie]

OK you have included a table with the data. But what should the chart look like? Have you got an image (or link to image on internet ) of such a graph? Post your image on a sharing site and put link here (if you wrap it in