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Topic :- MS Excel Charts

Submitted to Submitted by -
Dr. Pankaj Chouhan Poorvi Hardia
MBA (HA)
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 Charts
In Microsoft Excel, a chart is often called a graph. It is a visual
representation of data from a worksheet that can bring more
understanding to the data than just looking at the numbers.
A chart is a powerful tool that allows you to visually display data in
a variety of different chart formats such as Bar, Column, Pie, Line,
Area, Doughnut, Scatter, Surface, or Radar charts. With Excel, it is
easy to create a chart.

In the next slides there are some of the types of charts that you
can create in Excel.
 Column Chart
Data that is arranged in columns or rows on a worksheet (worksheet:
The primary document that you use in Excel to store and work with data. Also called
a
spreadsheet a worksheet consists of cells that are organized into columns and rows;
a worksheet is always stored in a workbook.) can be plotted in a column chart.
Column charts are useful for showing data changes over a period of time or for
illustrating comparisons among items. In column charts, categories are typically
organized along the horizontal axis and values along the vertical axis.
 Types of Column Charts
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Series 1
Series 2
Chart) 2
1 Series 3
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Series 3

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Series 1
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Cylinder, Cone, Pyramid Chart

 Line Charts
Data that is arranged in columns or rows on a worksheet can be plotted in a line
chart. Line charts can display continuous data over time, set against a common
scale, and are therefore ideal for showing trends in data at equal intervals. In a line
chart, category data is distributed evenly along the horizontal axis, and all value
data is distributed evenly along the vertical axis.
 Types of Line Charts
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(Stacked Line Series 3
Series 2
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Chart) Series 1
0
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4

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Series 2
Series 1
Chart) 2
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Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4
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20% Series 2
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Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4

100 % Stacked line Chart

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40% Series 2
20% Series 1
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Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4

100 % Stacked line with marker Chart

 3D Line Chart
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 Pie Charts
Data that is arranged in one column or row only on a worksheet can be plotted in a pie chart.
Pie charts show the size of items in one data series, proportional to the sum of the items. The
data points in a pie chart are displayed as a percentage of the whole pie.

Consider using a pie chart when:

 You only have one data series that you want to plot.
 None of the values that you want to plot are negative.
 Almost none of the values that you want to plot are zero values.
 You do not have more than seven categories.
 The categories represent parts of the whole pie.
 Types of Pie Chart
Sales

1st Qtr
Pie Chart 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr

Sales
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3D Pie Chart 3rd Qtr
4th Qtr
 Sales
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr

Pie of Pie Chart

Sales

1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr

Pie of Bar Chart

 Sales

1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr

Exploded Pie Chart

Sales
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr

3D Exploded Pie Chart

 Bar Chart
Data that is arranged in columns or rows on a worksheet can be plotted in a bar chart. Bar
charts illustrate comparisons among individual items.

Consider using a bar chart when:

 
The axis labels are long.
The values that are shown are durations.
 Types of Bar Charts
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Clustered Bar Category 3
Series 3
Chart Category 2 Series 2
Series 1
Category 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Category 4

3D Clustered Category 3 Series 3

Bar Chart Category 2
Series 2
Series 1
Category 1

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

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Category 3 Series 1
Category 2 Series 2
Series 3
Category 1
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Stacked Bar Chart

Category 4
Category 3 Series 1
Category 2 Series 2
Series 3
Category 1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

3D Stacked Bar Chart

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Category 3 Series 1
Category 2 Series 2
Series 3
Category 1
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100 % Stacked Bar Chart

Category 4
Category 3 Series 1
Series 2
Category 2
Series 3
Category 1
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3D 100 % Stacked Bar Chart

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Category 3 Category 3
Category 2 Category 2
Category 1 Category 1
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Cylinder Bar Charts Cone Bar Charts

Category 4
Category 3
Category 2
Category 1
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

Pyramid Bar Charts

 Area Charts
Data that is arranged in columns or rows on a worksheet can be plotted in an area chart. Area
charts emphasize the magnitude of change over time, and can be used to draw attention to
the total value across a trend. For example, data that represents profit over time can be
plotted in an area chart to emphasize the total profit.
 Types of Area Charts
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Series 1
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 x-y Scatter Charts
Data that is arranged in columns and rows on a worksheet can be plotted in an x-y (scatter)
chart. Scatter charts show the relationships among the numeric values in several data series,
or plot two groups of numbers as one series of x-y coordinates.
A scatter chart has two value axes, showing one set of numeric data along the horizontal axis
(x-axis) and another along the vertical axis (y-axis). It combines these values into single data
points and displays them in irregular intervals, or clusters. Scatter charts are typically used for
displaying and comparing numeric values, such as scientific, statistical, and engineering data.
Consider using a scatter chart when:
You want to change the scale of the horizontal axis.
You want to make that axis a logarithmic scale.
Values for horizontal axis are not evenly spaced.
There are many data points on the horizontal axis.
 Types of X Y Charts
Y-Values
4
(With markers) 3
Y-Values
2
1
0
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Y-Values
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3
(With smooth 2 Y-Values
1
line) 0
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
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3 3
Y-Values Y-Values
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1 1
0 0
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

(With Smooth Lines) (With Straight Lines and

markers)
Y-Values
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3
(With Straight 2
Y-Values

Lines) 1
0
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
 Stock Chart
Data that is arranged in columns or rows in a specific order on a worksheet can be plotted in
a stock chart. As its name implies, a stock chart is most often used to illustrate the fluctuation
of stock prices. However, this chart may also be used for scientific data. For example, you
could use a stock chart to indicate the fluctuation of daily or annual temperatures. You must
organize your data in the correct order to create stock charts.
 Types of Stock Charts
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 Surface Charts
Data that is arranged in columns or rows on a worksheet can be plotted in a surface chart. A
surface chart is useful when you want to find optimum combinations between two sets of
data. As in a topographic map, colors and patterns indicate areas that are in the same range of
values.
You can use a surface chart when both categories and data series are numeric values.
 Types of Surface Charts

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Series 1
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Chart) 2 Series 2
1 Series 3 Series 3
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 Doughnut Charts
Data that is arranged in columns or rows only on a worksheet can be plotted in a doughnut
chart. Like a pie chart, a doughnut chart shows the relationship of parts to a whole, but it can
contain more than one data series.
 Types of Doughnut Charts
Sales
1st Qtr
(Doughnut 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
Chart) 4th Qtr

Sales
1st Qtr
(Exploded 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
Doughnut 4th Qtr

Chart)
 Bubble Charts
Data that is arranged in columns on a worksheet so that x values are listed in the first column
and corresponding y values and bubble size values are listed in adjacent columns, can be
plotted in a bubble chart.
 Types of Bubble Charts
Y-Values
4
(Bubble 3
Y-Values
2
Chart) 1
0
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Y-Values
4
(3D Bubble 3
Chart) 2
Y-Values

1
0
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
 Radar Charts
Data that is arranged in columns or rows on a worksheet can be plotted in a radar chart.
Radar charts compare the aggregate values of several data series.
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Radar Chart
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Chart)
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