Remove the Horizontal Axis, the Chart Title and the Gridlines by unchecking these options in the Chart Elements menu.Ħ. Add data labels to the chart by checking the Data Labels option in the Chart Elements menu.ĥ. In the Format Data Series task pane, change the gap width to 50% by either typing 50 in the Gap Width box and pressing Enter on the keyboard or moving the slider to the left.Ĥ.Double-click on the bars to open the Format Data Series task pane.
Note: If some subcategory labels are missing, increase the height of the chart until it shows all subcategory labels.ģ. This inserts a multi-category chart into the worksheet. Select the data and on the Insert tab of the ribbon, in the Charts group, click on the Insert Bar Chart button and in the opened menu, click on the first option, which is Clustered Bar, among the 2-D Bar charts. The store’s products fall under 3 main categories: clothing, shoes and accessories.Ģ.
For the purpose of this tutorial, suppose you have sales figures for different products of an online store for a month. Arrange the data in the following way: Enter main category names in the first column, subcategory names in the second column and the figure for each subcategory in the third column in the format shown below. To create a multi-category chart in Excel, take the following steps:ġ. If you prefer written instructions, then continue reading. Watch the video below to see how to create a multi-category chart in Excel. In other Excel versions, there may be some slight differences in the described steps. This type of chart is useful when you have figures for items that belong to different categories. Multi-category chart or multi-level category chart is a chart type that has both main category and subcategory labels.
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