I followed the tutorial here:
http://ksrowell.com/blog-visualizing-data/2013/05/16/how-to-make-a-gantt-chart-for-repeated-tasks/
To create a bar chart for the games I've played over the past couple of years. Here's a sample of my data:
games,game_id,start_date,elapsed_time,end_date
APB Reloaded,1,2013-04-20,120:00,2014-06-24
APB Reloaded,1,2014-04-05,24:00,2014-04-05
ARK: Survival Evolved,2,2015-12-14,600:00,2016-01-08
ARK: Survival Evolved,2,2016-01-23,24:00,2016-01-23
ARK: Survival Evolved,2,2016-02-13,24:00,2016-02-13
ARK: Survival Evolved,2,2016-05-13,648:00,2016-09-09
ARK: Survival Evolved,2,2016-09-16,336:00,2016-09-30
ARK: Survival Evolved,2,2016-11-16,192:00,2016-11-24
ARK: Survival Evolved,2,2016-12-03,24:00,2016-12-03
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2013-05-07,144:00,2013-05-13
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2013-07-02,240:00,2013-07-11
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2013-08-16,336:00,2013-08-30
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2014-01-01,24:00,2014-01-01
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2014-03-24,24:00,2014-03-24
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2014-06-05,24:00,2014-06-05
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2014-09-13,48:00,2014-09-14
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2014-12-31,24:00,2014-12-31
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2015-04-04,24:00,2015-04-04
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2015-05-01,24:00,2015-05-01
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2015-05-29,696:00,2015-05-01
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2015-05-30,24:00,2015-05-30
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2015-10-06,24:00,2015-10-07
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2015-11-05,192:00,2015-11-13
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2015-11-25,192:00,2015-12-03
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2015-12-12,24:00,2015-12-12
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2015-12-21,24:00,2015-12-21
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2016-02-27,24:00,2016-02-27
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2016-03-24,216:00,2016-04-02
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2016-04-29,192:00,2016-05-07
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2016-05-21,24:00,2016-05-21
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2016-06-11,24:00,2016-06-11
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2016-07-01,192:00,2016-07-09
Age of Empires II: HD Edition,3,2017-02-03,24:00,2017-02-03
Age of Empires Online,4,2014-04-26,24:00,2014-04-26
Age of Empires Online,4,2014-06-21,48:00,2014-06-22
Age of Empires Online,4,2014-06-29,24:00,2014-06-29
Here's how it looks in the resulting stacked bar chart:
I've tried everything I could on the tutorial page. This is the section that's supposed to remove the duplication:
Step 3. Plot all items with the same x value in the same bar. Right click on vertical axis and select “Format Axis”. Select “Axis Options” click on “Date axis”. Click on “Dates in reverse order”. Under “Horizontal Axis Crosses” select “At maximum date” to display dates at the bottom.
But when I do that, it doesn't change the chart at all. Any and all help appreciated. These are the results only up to step 5: