Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Join us in another insightful tutorial from our #DatatoDecisions series, where we make sense of workplace data using Microsoft Excel's powerful features.
In this video, we focus on visualizing performance by creating a Variance Column Chart that clearly demonstrates the difference between actual results and target goals of your data.
This tutorial takes you through the steps to create an intuitive and dynamic variance column chart in Excel. You'll learn how to represent positive and negative variances with different colors, making it simple to identify areas of over- and under-performance at a glance.
The steps required are:
0:49 Understand the raw data
1:18 Add a variance column for building the chart
2:01 Select the required data and create a column chart
2:31 Adjust the format to get the desired chart
4:05 Adjust the X-axis labels
4:49 Apply standard formatting to get a great visual!
Don't forget to hit the like button, share with your colleagues, and subscribe to our channel for more practical Excel tips. If you have any questions or ideas for future videos, leave us a comment down below!
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Join us in another insightful tutorial from our #DatatoDecisions series, where we make sense of workplace data using Microsoft Excel's powerful features.
In this video, we focus on visualizing performance by creating a Variance Column Chart that clearly demonstrates the difference between actual results and target goals of your data.
This tutorial takes you through the steps to create an intuitive and dynamic variance column chart in Excel. You'll learn how to represent positive and negative variances with different colors, making it simple to identify areas of over- and under-performance at a glance.
The steps required are:
0:49 Understand the raw data
1:18 Add a variance column for building the chart
2:01 Select the required data and create a column chart
2:31 Adjust the format to get the desired chart
4:05 Adjust the X-axis labels
4:49 Apply standard formatting to get a great visual!
Don't forget to hit the like button, share with your colleagues, and subscribe to our channel for more practical Excel tips. If you have any questions or ideas for future videos, leave us a comment down below!
***************************************************************************************************
Are you looking for a quick, instant chart-maker template where you can enter just data and have charts readily created for you?
Check our latest product, the Instant Chart Maker from our Data Visualization Toolkit in Excel: indzara.com/product/data-visualization-excel-templates/data-visualization-toolkit
Check our Premium Column Chart Excel Template here:
indzara.com/product/data-visualization-excel-templates/column-chart-excel-template
Here's our collection of Visualization templates from Indzara:
indzara.com/data-visualization-excel-templates
Our detailed blog post on the video:
indzara.com/column-chart-to-display-variance
For more such tutorials, visit indzara.com/datatodecisions
#exceltutorials #datavisualization #ProgressTracker #MicrosoftExcel #DataToDecisions #ChartingInExcel #ExcelForBusiness #exceltips
