query an excel sheet and draw a line chart

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Hi
Can somebody please guide me on how to run a query on an excel sheet by certain criteria ...like get all the rows belonging to one specific person in Column A and then draw a line chart using data in colB and Col C

thank
Kana

exampl
col A col B col
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person1 01/04 100
person1 02/04 200
person1 03/04 140
person1 04/04 120
person1 05/04 230
person2 01/04 121
person2 02/04 134
person2 03/04 140
person2 04/04 160
person2 05/04 170
...
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Add a heading row to the table, e.g. Name, Date, Amount
Select all the data in columns B and C, and create a line chart
Select a cell in the table
Choose Data>Filter>AutoFilter
From the dropdown list in column A, select a name
The chart will display the data for that person.
 
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