Excel 2013
6 charts for lively progress visualization
There are several different charts in Excel that can help you to create a perfect progress illustration.
Bubble and Area chart
In this tip we will show how to different charts could be combined in the one chart. In example we will
combine a Bubble chart with an Area chart:
Adding Up/Down Bars to a line chart
If you have a line chart with two different data series, you might want to compare those series at each
point along the horizontal axis. There are two different options for this, available in two locations along
the Layout tab of the ribbon.
Glossy Gantt chart with a vertical line
If you need to create a simple Gantt chart, see Creating a Gantt chart or Gantt chart with progress. To add events to
your Gantt chart, see Progress Gantt chart
with events. This tip will help you to extend those charts by a vertical line that shows the current
date.
Progress Gantt chart with events
Gantt chart is a pervasive project management tool intended to reveal task management problems. But
you can enrich it with additional information like project milestones, presentation dates and similar
events.
Gantt chart with progress or progress Gantt chart
Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that is often used in project management applications.
How to add a vertical line to the chart
This tip is about how to add a vertical line in your chart. E.g., this will be useful to show data and
highlight a current date.
How to add a vertical line to the scatter chart
This tip is about how to add a vertical line in your chart. E.g., this will be useful to show data and
highlight a current date.
How to hide points on the chart axis
Sometimes you need to omit some points of the chart axis, e.g., the zero point. This tip will show you how
to hide certain points on the chart axis using custom label format.
Creating Pie of Pie and Bar of Pie charts
If you have several parts of something whole, you can demonstrate each item in one pie chart. But, when
several parts each amount to less than 10 percent of the pie, it becomes hard to distinguish the slices.