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Add a data series to your chart. Applies To. After creating a chart, you might need to add an additional data series to the chart. A data series is a row or column of numbers that are entered in a worksheet and plotted in your chart, such as a list of quarterly business profits.
You can set your own values to display the exact error amounts you want. For example, you can show a 10 percent positive and negative error amount in the results of a scientific experiment like this: You can use error bars in 2-D area, bar, column, line, xy (scatter), and bubble charts.
Add or remove a secondary axis in a chart in Excel. When the numbers in a chart vary widely from data series to data series, or when you have mixed types of data (price and volume), plot one or more data series on a secondary vertical (value) axis.
A waterfall chart shows a running total as values are added or subtracted. It's useful for understanding how an initial value (for example, net income) is affected by a series of positive and negative values. The columns are color coded so you can quickly tell positive from negative numbers.
Change the scale of the vertical (value) axis in a chart. Applies To. By default, Excel determines the minimum and maximum scale values of the vertical (value) axis, also known as the y axis, when you create a chart. However, you can customize the scale to better meet your needs.
Change the formatting style of chart elements manually. Save a chart as a chart template. Use predefined layouts or styles to change the look of a chart in Office apps.
For example, you can combine a line chart that shows price data with a column chart that shows sales volumes. Note: To create a combination chart, you must use a 2-D chart, such as a 2-D Line, 2-D Column, Scatter, or Bubble chart.
How to create a histogram chart in Excel that shows frequency generated from two types of data (data to analyze and data that represents intervals to measure frequency).
Change axis labels in a chart. In a chart you create, axis labels are shown below the horizontal (category, or "X") axis, next to the vertical (value, or "Y") axis, and next to the depth axis (in a 3-D chart). Your chart uses text from its source data for these axis labels.
Create a flow chart with SmartArt. Applies To. A flow chart shows sequential steps in a task or process. There are many different SmartArt layouts that you can use to illustrate the steps in a process, including layouts that can contain pictures. This article explains how to create a flow chart that contains pictures.
There are different trendline options that are available. You can insert a linear trend line, a polynomial trendline, power trendline, exponential trendline, moving Average trendline.