Group chart categories
The image above shows you categories (countries) grouped into regions making this chart a lot cleaner and easier to read.
How to construct
This image shows the countries in a simple column chart without groups and the data used to build the chart. Follow these steps to group the categories (countries).
- Insert a new column before the Category column (Country).
Column B contains the group names, however, they are located at the very first category (country) name and there is only one instance. - Select the data.
- Go to tab "Insert" on the ribbon.
- Press with left mouse button on the "Insert Column or Bar Chart" button open a menu.
- Press with left mouse button on the "Clustered Column Chart" button.
- Change the chart title, resize the chart so the category names may fit the chart area without being rotated if you prefer.
Adjust chart data range
If you already have a chart created you simply need to change the chart data source.
- Press with right mouse button on on chart.
- Press with left mouse button on "Select Data..."
- Press with left mouse button on the "arrow" button to select a new chart data range.
- Select the data.
The chart changes to something like this.
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