Path towards creating a Timeline in Numbers '09

Hi;
i'm trying to figure out how to build a timeline in Numbers '09 with a graph.
I'm trying to build say a one year graph with daily increments on the X Axis.
The data looks like this:
Date CC Store Item Category Price
2/1/08 AmEx xx379 TRADER JOE'S ww pita Groceries:Bread & cereal -0.99
2/5/08 AmEx xx379 TRADER JOE'S ww pita Groceries:Bread & cereal -0.99
2/12/08 AmEx xx379 TRADER JOE'S ww pita Groceries:Bread & cereal -0.99
2/17/08 AmEx xx379 TRADER JOE'S ww pita Groceries:Bread & cereal -1.29
2/21/08 AmEx xx379 TRADER JOE'S ww pita Groceries:Bread & cereal -1.29
2/29/08 AmEx xx379 TRADER JOE'S ww pita Groceries:Bread & cereal -1.29
3/9/08 AmEx xx379 TRADER JOE'S ww pita Groceries:Bread & cereal -1.29
3/15/08 AmEx xx379 TRADER JOE'S ww pita Groceries:Bread & cereal -1.29
3/27/08 AmEx xx379 TRADER JOE'S ww pita Groceries:Bread & cereal -1.29
I want to plot the dates for the year that i bought pita; it might be nice to secondarily plot the price flux over the year.
Thanks
Jim

You have two choices. You can make a 365 row table with every day in the year. Enter the first date then all the rest of the date cells can be created by adding 1. The second column would be what you bought, the third would be the price. If you only want to plot that you bought something (not the price), use something like =IF(ISBLANK(Ax),"",1) in the next column and plot that column against the date. The second way is to make a scatter chart. Your dates can't be in a header column but your table will only need the dates you bought things, not every date of the year.

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