Wonderful Excel Combine Clustered And Stacked Column Chart
Clustered chart to compare 2 set of numbers and stacked chart to split each of the column in the clustered chart to further compare subset of data.
Excel combine clustered and stacked column chart. Here is a work around taking the stacked column chart as the basis. Set the gap width to zero in the format data series menu to create the white breaks in between the columns. Creating the Chart Highlight the copy of the data and create chart by Insert - Column Chart - Stacked Chart Eliminate all gaps by right click bar chart - Format Data Series - Series Options - set Gap Width to 0 There should only be half a gap before and after the first and last bar respectively.
A stacked bar chart shows both the total of a different categories and the proportion of each constituent value. If your clustered column chart didnt come out quite the way you wanted it to try switching the rows and columnsThis can make the chart easier to read. Click the Switch RowColumn icon to move the Series 1a Series 1b and so on to the legend.
On the Left Hand Side select Combo option. Head to the INSERT tab and select the Column Chart drop down menu. The top left cells.
Go to the Layout tab in the ribbon. Select one series of columns press Ctrl1 numeral one to open the formatting dialog and in the first screen you see Series Options change the entry for Gap Width to zero. Problems with combining stacked and cluster column chart types on a 2 axis chart.
And now follow the steps below to create such a column chart. Ideally the chart should keep the Stacked Column chart but with the years clustered or the seasons clustered -- combining the features of the clustered column and the stacked column to create a cluster stack chart. The spacebar characters in the first column of data help Excel figure out where to start the category X axis label range.
Select the data that you will use to create a combined clustered and stacked bar chart. Color code the data series to make it clearer which data series are associated. Select More Column Charts to bring up the Insert Chart window.