I am attempting to create a chart with a dynamic data series. Each series in the chart comes from an absolute range, but only a certain amount of that range may have data, a
I was having the same problem.
There is a difference between a Bar chart and a Stacked Bar chart
As there is a difference between a Line chart and a Stacked Line chart.
The stacked one, will not ignore the 0 or blank values, but will show a cumulative value according with the other legends.
Simply right click the graph, click Change Chart Type and pick a non-stacked chart.