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- Gauge Chart. Also known as: Dial Chart, Speedometer Chart. Description: Gauge charts use needles to show information as a reading on a dial. They are often used when comparing KPIs or business results against a stated goal.
- Gauge Chart Builder Add-in. 7 Different Gauge Chart Templates. 5 Style Presets. 9 Color Palettes. Fully customizable.
- Tornado Chart. Also known as: Sales Funnel Chart, Butterfly Chart. Description: A Tornado Chart is a modified version of the bar chart where the data categories are displayed vertically in a way that resembles a tornado.
- Burndown Chart. Also known as: N/A. Description: Burndown charts represent work left to do vs. time. It is useful for predicting when all work will be completed.
Instead of the old chart wizard, Excel provides a series of chart options that are found on the Insert Tab and with the Quick Analysis Smart Tag that appears when multiple cells are
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- Creating Combo Charts. Combo Charts, a kind of Excel advanced charting, are often used by professionals to compare two sets of data visually and identify any relationships between them.
- Dynamic Column Chart with Slicers. Dynamic Column Chart with Slicers can be considered as advanced charts too. It will allow you to filter the data in the chart by selecting different values in a slicer.
- Doughnut Progress Chart. A Doughnut Progress Chart is a great tool to visualize the completion status of a task in a circular-shaped chart and can be considered as Excel advanced charting.
- Creating Interactive Histogram Chart. Another very commonly used type of Excel advanced chart is the Histogram Chart. This chart shows how data is spread across different intervals.
- Step Chart. A step chart is an extended version of a line chart. It’s perfect to use when you want to show the changes that happened at irregular intervals.
- Milestone Chart. A milestone chart is also known as a timeline chart. It’s one of the favorite charts of project managers and helps them to track their project’s progress simply.
- Waffle Chart. A waffle chart is more likely a square pie chart. It’s a bunch of 100 small squares where one square represents 1% of the total value. I’m sure you have seen it in dashboards and news article graphics.
- Tornado Chart. When it comes to showing the comparison of different things with each other tornado chart can be useful for you. It looks like a real tornado where large items are on the top and lowest at the bottom.
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- Column Chart with Percentage Change
- Conditional Doughnut Progress Chart
- Interactive Histogram with Details
- Dynamic Histogram Or Frequency Distribution Chart
- Annual Trend with Monthly Details
- Interactive Waterfall Chart
- Variance on Clustered Charts
- Actual vs. Multiple Targets Chart
Here's the workbook I use containing all of the chart types. Feel free to download it and play with the charts on your own.
In this post I share a compilation of chartsthat I've created over the years. The goal of any chart is to tell a story about the data. We want to make it easy for the reader to quickly understand the chart. We might also want to make the chart interactive so that they can explore the data and find additional insights. The charts in this post are de...
Data:Time Series Use:Display % change between time periods or events. Tutorial: Column Chart That Displays Percentage Change or Variance Description:Between each of the bars on the chart you'll see an arrow and and the variance (or percentage change) from one time period to the next. The arrows and text are conditionally formatted to change colors ...
Data:Progress to Goal Use:Display % completion with conditional colors for levels or milestones. Tutorial: Progress Doughnut Chart with Conditional Formatting in Excel Description: A cool feature about this doughnut chart (circle chart) is thatthe color changesas the percentage increases so that you can better visualize the passing of milestones to...
Data:Categorical Use:Display the count of items in each group & a detailed report of the selected group Tutorial: Interactive Histogram Chart That Uncovers The Details Description: When you click the dollar range under each bar, you're actually activating a slicer that displays a pivot table to the right detailing each of the entries that make up t...
Data:Categorical Use: Quickly change the group or bin size to tell a different story. Tutorial: Dynamic Histogram or Frequency Distribution Chart Description: This histogram includes a scroll bar at the bottom that allows you to change the number of groupsyou are examining. The data tells different stories as you increase or decrease the number of ...
Data: Time Series Use:Display a trend within a trend and compare it to averages. Tutorial: Monthly Average vs Current Year Chart Description:With this chart you can simultaneously see how your data is trending for two time increments (years, quarters, months, weeks, etc.), and also how it compares to past averages.
Data: Time Series, Inventory, CRM, Pipeline Use:Display the details of how numbers changed over time. Tutorial: Interactive Waterfall Chart Dashboard Description:This chart is really a mini-dashboard that is good for telling what happened from a starting number to an ending number and how different factors added to or subtracted from that number ov...
Data: Categorical Use: Display the variance when comparing two categories for multiple series. Tutorial: Actual vs Budget or Target Chart in Excel – Variance on Clustered Column or Bar Chart Description:Regular clustered bar/column charts don't display a variance between the bars. This technique not only shows the variances, but also conditional fo...
Data: Categorical Use:Display multiple targets or goals compared to actuals. Tutorial: Actual vs Targets Chart in Excel Description: These charts compare a number to multiple targets. This is great for actuals versus budget, forecast, goal, etc. They can be oriented horizontally or vertically, and you can also include an attainment percentage for a...
Oct 22, 2015 · The tutorial explains the Excel charts basics and provides the detailed guidance on how to make a graph in Excel. You will also learn how to combine two chart types, save a graph as chart template, change the default chart type, resize and move the graph.
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17 minute read. The Ultimate Guide to Excel Charts. Claudia Buckley. In this guide, we'll cover: Why do we use charts in Excel? Chart-specific terminology. Types and use cases of Excel charts. How can I create a chart in Excel? Change chart type or location. Customizing Excel charts. Types of charts. Bar graphs and column charts. Line graphs.
