For the chart above, I decided to use the chart title Bachelor's Degrees byĪge, the category axis title Age, and the value axis title NumberĪnd uncheck the box by Show Legend. Your Excel file will now open in Chart Studios grid. For more about Chart Studios grid, see this tutorial. Select Histogram from the MAKE A PLOT menu. Select only one column of data for a basic histogram (two with the group by option). The resulting graph should look like that shown below. Histogram, so there are still some steps to take. Click on the white square in the Area window, and then click on OK. The background should change from gray toįormat Data Series window. In other words: the Pareto principle applies.Click on the Options tab, and set the Gap Width to zero.
Right click the percentages on the chart, click Format Axis and set the Maximum to 100.Ĭonclusion: the Pareto chart shows that 80% of the complaints come from 20% of the complaint types (Overpriced and Small portions). Select Secondary Axis and click Close.ġ2. Next, right click on the orange/red line and click Format Data Series. If you're using Excel 2010, instead of executing steps 8-10, simply select Line with Markers and click OK. Note: Excel 2010 does not offer combo chart as one of the built-in chart types. Plot the Cumulative % series on the secondary axis. For the Cumulative % series, choose Line with Markers as the chart type.ġ0. The Change Chart Type dialog box appears.ĩ. Right click on the orange bars (Cumulative %) and click Change Series Chart Type. On the Insert tab, in the Charts group, click the Column symbol.Ĩ. To achieve this, hold down CTRL and select each range.Ħ. When we drag this formula down, the absolute reference ($C$13) stays the same, while the relative reference (C4) changes to C5, C6, C7, etc.ĥ. Note: cell C13 contains the total number of complaints. Enter the formula shown below into cell D4 and drag the formula down. Enter the formula shown below into cell C5 and drag the formula down.Ĥ. On the Data tab, in the Sort & Filter group, click ZA.ģ. Next, sort your data in descending order. This method works with all versions of Excel.Ģ. If you don't have Excel 2016 or later, simply create a Pareto chart by combining a column chart and a line graph.
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