Using two axes in one chart

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Sometimes you want to show several axes in one chart to demonstrate each data series with different formatting and with different axis in one chart.
Chart with several axis in Excel 2016
Chart with several axis in Excel 2016

For example, if you have two too different data (e.g., volume and price), which you want to see in one chart:

Data range in Excel 2016

To create one chart for this data, follow these steps:

   1.   Create the chart with that data range:

For example, on the Insert tab, in the Charts group, choose the Column button:

Charts in Excel 2016

Choose the Clustered Column Clustered Column chart in Excel 2016 chart.

You can see not informative chart because of too different amounts:

Simple column chart in Excel 2016

   2.   Right-click in the second (Price) data series, in the popup menu select Change Series Chart Type...:

Change Series Chart Type in popup menu Excel 2016

   3.   In the Change Chart Type dialog box, in the Combo group of charts, choose the secondary axis for second data series:

Secondary Axis in Excel 2016

Note: In this dialog box, you can change the chart type for each data series.

Change other parameters for the secondary axis.

How to add next data series with another axis, see Combining several charts into one chart.

See also this tip in French: Comment utiliser deux axes dans un graphique.

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