Labelling single point on scatter graph with values from cells

willow-mouse

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I have a table with product SKU, sq m, cost:

SKUSq m (m2)Cost (£)
MEFFS.23815
MEFFQ.261528
METTH.331654
MEYUP.142136

I have created a scatter graph with sq metres (m) along the x and cost (£) on the y. There are some anomalous results which I need to call out for discussion. I would like to put data labels on these with the X, Y and a value from cell (the SKU) which would look like the below:

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I have achieved this by adding data labels to the entire series and then deleting the ones I don't want:
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However I have hundreds of data points, and when I add a single data label and then format just that single point I have the following options:
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Is there any way to achieve this without either manually adding a box (data is changing and it'll not move with it - which is a problem) or by adding the required formatting and then manually deleting every single point I don't want (which will take way too long).

TIA.
 

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You can create a new series with just the points you want to label. Format it exactly the same as the main series so it'll overlap the original. Then you can just add data labels to the entire second series.
 
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You can create a new series with just the points you want to label. Format it exactly the same as the main series so it'll overlap the original. Then you can just add data labels to the entire second series.
I added a couple columns with the trend line formula and a %difference of result from trend line to give me a column of points I wanted to label. Worked perfectly, thank you for the pointer.
 
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