How do I get a label in a scatter plot instead of "Series 1 Point"?

[Monsignor]

I've got a scatter plot and when I hover over a point, it says something like:

Series 1 Point "1.03" (1.03, 4.12)
Series 1 Point "2.7" (2.7, 3.06)

I'd prefer for it to say:

Thomas (1.03, 4.12)
Leslie (2.7, 3.06)

I can get the labels onto the chart, the problem is when hovering the mouse, everything shows as "Series 1 Point." All of the names are in my first column, but I can't get the hover window to show them.

 

[AlphaFrog]

It works for me. How is your chart data layed out.

I put the series names in A2:A5
The X-axis values in B1:M1
And the Y-Axis values in B2:M5
A1 is blank

Used A1:M6 as the source data (series in rows) and made an XY Scatter chart

Hovering over any data point showed the Series Name (as seen in A2:A5) and the X,Y value

 

[Monsignor]

Here is how the data looks.

 

[AlphaFrog]

Hide columns H:I
Make an Scatter chart with data range G6:K98 and data series in Rows

 

[Jon Peltier]

Hide columns H:I
Make an Scatter chart with data range G6:K98 and data series in Rows

Did you try your solution before you posted it?

 

[Jon Peltier]

Those little charttips that appear when you hover over the points are not very flexible. They are not actually labels, by the way. They show series name, point number (the X value), and the X and Y values in parentheses. Yeah, X appears twice.

In order to see the location, you need to set up the chart to have one series per row of the data. Tedious by hand, though possible. Easier with VBA. Here's something quick and dirty I cobbled together.

Sub ChartOneSeriesPerRow()
  If TypeName(Selection) <> "Range" Then GoTo BadData
  Dim DataRange As Range
  Set DataRange = Selection
  If DataRange.Areas.Count > 1 Then GoTo BadData
  If DataRange.Columns.Count <> 3 Then GoTo BadData

  Dim TheChart As Chart
  Set TheChart = ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddChart2(240, xlXYScatter).Chart
  
  Do While TheChart.SeriesCollection.Count > 0
    TheChart.SeriesCollection(1).Delete
  Loop
  
  Dim DataRow As Long
  For DataRow = 1 To DataRange.Rows.Count
    With TheChart.SeriesCollection.NewSeries
      .Values = DataRange.Cells(DataRow, 3)
      .XValues = DataRange.Cells(DataRow, 2)
      .Name = "=" & DataRange.Cells(DataRow, 1).Address(, , , True)
    End With
  Next
  
  TheChart.HasLegend = False
  
ExitSub:
  Exit Sub
  
BadData:
  MsgBox "Select a range with three columns Name, X, and Y", _
      vbExclamation, "Select Data"
End Sub