Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 1, 2020)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Harrie wants to create a column chart that displays two values for each column in the chart. One value to be displayed would be a percentage (such as 46%) and the other an absolute value (such as 359,000). One value would appear on the column in the chart, and the other just above the column.
There are many ways that this can be accomplished, depending on the nature of your data. This tip will examine a couple of the many ways you can proceed.
A relatively simple approach is to assume that your data is in three columns. The first column is the category (what will appear along the X-axis), the second is the percentage that you want to plot, and the third is the absolute value to be displayed. Follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Patterns tab of the Format Data Series dialog box.
Figure 2. The Patterns tab of the Format Axis dialog box.
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2015-10-22 13:28:58
Chaitanya
Hi Team,
Please help in changing the numbers into percentage in Bar graphs, I am not looking at 100% stack bar chart.
Regards,
Chaitanya
2015-07-12 13:21:16
Derek
Not helpful...vague and ambiguous descriptions, come on man.
2014-06-14 15:39:24
Francis
Thank you this helped, but how do I do this for 2 depths of data? For example to display the % and numeric value for number of people who responded "Yes" or "No" to a question. With columns showing Yes from Group 1 and Group 2 side-by-side, and No from Group 1 and Grup 2 side-by-side, and a colum showing ALL (from both groups 1 and 2) that answered Yes and No
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