[Tex/LaTex] How to set axes limits for two types of plots when using groupplots

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I have a rather big figure with two rows of plots where the first row has one y-axis and the second row has another y-axis. I would like to set the axis limits for these two sets of y-axes without having to write \nextgroupplot[ymin=###,ymax=###] for every plot, for example using \pgfplotsset{group/every plot/.style={ymin=###,ymax=###}} but this doesn't seem to work.

Here's an example of what I want to achieve

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepgfplotslibrary{groupplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{groupplot}[group style={group size=3 by 2,every plot/.style={xmin=0,xmax=10}},width=4cm,height=6cm]

\nextgroupplot[ylabel={Quantity1 [unit1]},ymin=0,ymax=5,title={First conditions}]
\addplot {x};
\nextgroupplot[ymin=0,ymax=5,title={Second conditions}]
\addplot {x};
\nextgroupplot[ymin=0,ymax=5,title={Third conditions}]
\addplot {x};

\nextgroupplot[ylabel={Quantity2 [unit2]},ymin=100,ymax=400]
\addplot {400/x^.5};
\nextgroupplot[ymin=100,ymax=400]
\addplot {400/x^.5};
\nextgroupplot[ymin=100,ymax=400]
\addplot {400/x^.5};
\end{groupplot}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Which gives: Desired Result

Here's the code with attempted simplifications (and correction for LaRiFaRi's comment):

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepgfplotslibrary{groupplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{groupplot}[group style={group size=3 by 2,every plot/.style={xmin=0,xmax=10}},width=4cm,height=6cm]
\pgfplotsset{group/every plot/.append style={ymin=0,ymax=5}}
\nextgroupplot[ylabel={Quantity1 [unit1]},title={First conditions}]
\addplot {x};
\nextgroupplot[title={Second conditions}]
\addplot {x};
\nextgroupplot[title={Third conditions}]
\addplot {x};

\pgfplotsset{group/every plot/.style={ymin=100,ymax=400}}
\nextgroupplot[ylabel={Quantity2 [unit2]}]
\addplot {400/x^.5};
\nextgroupplot
\addplot {400/x^.5};
\nextgroupplot
\addplot {400/x^.5};
\end{groupplot}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

But unfortunately, this messes up the axes for the second group of plots. Is there another way to set the axis limits for several plots?

Best Answer

I would say this is not a bug but a feature. Using \pgfplotsset after the first \nextgroupplot is (most probably) the same as using that inside of an axis environment and thus is scoped to that. Said that I also recommend starting a new groupplot environment. About "repeating" the options: Just create a style collecting all stuff that is in common and apply the differences to each new groupplot environment.

For more details please have a look at the comments in the code.

% used PGFPlots v1.14
\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
    \usepgfplotslibrary{groupplots}
    \pgfplotsset{
        compat=1.3,
        % create a style that collects stuff that is all `\nextgroupplot`s in common
        my groupplot style/.style={
            width=4cm,
            height=6cm,
            % because of a bug
            %     <https://sourceforge.net/p/pgfplots/bugs/137/>
            % one currently cannot use `group style' in other styles
            group/group size=3 by 1,
            group/every plot/.style={xmin=0,xmax=10},
        },
    }
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{groupplot}[
        % apply created style here
        my groupplot style,
        % state a name for this `groupplot' to have a reference point to
        % put the second `groupplot` relative to this one
        group/group name=first group,
        ymin=0,
        ymax=5,
    ]
    \nextgroupplot[ylabel={Quantity1 [unit1]},title={First conditions}]
        \addplot {x};
    \nextgroupplot[title={Second conditions}]
        \addplot {x};
    \nextgroupplot[title={Third conditions}]
        \addplot {x};
    \end{groupplot}

    \begin{groupplot}[
        my groupplot style,
        ymin=100,
        ymax=400
    ]
    \nextgroupplot[
        ylabel={Quantity2 [unit2]},
        % state where the first plot should be plotted (and anchored)
        % (Please note that this doesn't work when these options are provided
        %  to the `groupplot' options)
        at={($ (first group c1r1.south west) - (0,10mm) $)},
        anchor=north west,
    ]
        \addplot {400/x^.5};
    \nextgroupplot
        \addplot {400/x^.5};
    \nextgroupplot
        \addplot {400/x^.5};
    \end{groupplot}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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\usepackage{pgfplotstable}

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temps   y_h y_h__inf    y_h__sup    y_f y_f__inf    y_f__sup    

1   0.237340    0.135170    0.339511    0.237653    0.135482    0.339823    
2   0.561320    0.422007    0.700633    0.165871    0.026558    0.305184    
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6   0.671241    0.511191    0.831291    -0.073347   -0.233397   0.086703    
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8   0.569354    0.431826    0.706882    -0.094382   -0.231910   0.043146    
9   0.519973    0.396571    0.643376    -0.094619   -0.218022   0.028783    
10  0.475121    0.366990    0.583251    -0.091467   -0.199598   0.016664    
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\begin{tikzpicture}

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    \addplot [stack plots=y, fill=gray!50, opacity=0.4, draw opacity=0, area legend]   table [x=temps, y expr=\thisrow{y_h__sup}-\thisrow{y_h__inf}]   {\table} \closedcycle;
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\end{tikzpicture}
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You can use

 y filter/.expression={y==0 ? nan : y}

in the options of \addplot.

\documentclass{article}

% ---------------------------------- tikz
\usepackage{pgfplots}          % to print charts
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.12}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
  \centering
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{axis} [
      % general
      ybar,
      scale only axis,
      height=0.5\textwidth,
      width=1.2\textwidth,
      ylabel={\# Dots},
      nodes near coords,
      xlabel={Variation},
      xticklabel style={
        rotate=90,
        anchor=east,
      },
      %enlarge x limits={abs value={3}},
      ]
      \addplot+[y filter/.expression={y==0 ? nan : y}] table [
        x=grade,
        y=value,
      ] {
grade   value
-11 0
-10 0
-9  0
-8  0
-7  0
-6  0
-5  3
-4  1
-3  2
-2  15
-1  11
0   179
1   8
2   1
3   0
4   1
5   2
6   0
7   0
8   0
9   0
10  0
11  0
      };
    \end{axis}
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

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