While working in Microsoft Excel you might find it difficult to create a chart or diagram in a pivot table. But if you go through this article you can easily make a clustered column pivot chart. In this article, I am going to share with you how to create a clustered column pivot chart in Excel.
How to Create a Clustered Column Pivot Chart in Excel: 3 Easy Steps
Go through the following 3 steps for the successful creation of a clustered column pivot chart in Excel.
Suppose we have a dataset of Forecasted Sales and Actual Sales Region-wise and Year-wise. Now we will make a clustered column pivot chart using the following dataset.
Step 1: Create a Pivot Table from Dataset
- Firstly you have to create a pivot table to reach the final destination.
- To do that, select all the cells from the data table and then choose “Pivot Table” from the “Insert” option.
- A new window will pop up named “PivotTable from table or range”.
- Click the “Existing Worksheet” and select a location in your worksheet to create the pivot table.
- Hit the OK button to continue.
- A pivot table will be created.
- Now in the right side pane, drag the “Region” name from the fields to the “Rows” field.
- After that, drag again the “Year” field to the “Rows” section and “Forecasted Sales” and “Actual Sales” to the “Values” section.
- After completing all the steps you will get your final pivot table ready in your hand.
Step 2: Insert Clustered Column Chart from Chart Option
- It’s time to insert a clustered column chart using the pivot table.
- To do that while selecting the pivot table go to the “Insert” option and then select “Pivot Chart”.
- A new window will pop up named “Insert Chart”.
- Choose “Clustered Column” and then press OK to continue.
- A clustered column showing selected values from the pivot table will be created.
Read More: How to Insert a Stacked Column Pivot Chart in Excel
Step 3: Edit the Clustered Column Chart
- In this final step, we will edit the chart.
- For that, select a bar and click the right button on the mouse to get options.
- From the options choose “Format Data Series”.
- A new pane will pop up on the right side of the worksheet.
- From there change the “Gap Width” to “20%” to make the chart more look native.
- Finally, we have created our clustered column chart.
Things to Remember
- In the first step, I have chosen region and year in the row section. You can drag them to the column section to make the pivot table in a different way and for easy calculation.
Download this practice workbook to exercise while you are reading this article.
Conclusion
In this article, I have tried to cover all the simple steps to creating a clustered column chart in Excel. Take a tour of the practice workbook and download the file to practice by yourself. I hope you find it useful. Please inform us in the comment section about your experience. We are always responsive to your queries. Stay tuned and keep learning.
