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Create Custom In-Cell Bar Charts in Excel

In Excel, it is possible to create a quick and effective visual that offers more flexibility than a traditional chart. With a clever combination of symbols, the REPT function, and a little formatting magic, you can build compact in-cell bar charts that are dynamic and informative.

In this article, we will create a bar chart inside a cell, colour it based on custom performance thresholds and add values as data labels.

Let’s create the following dynamic bar chart without relying on standard chart tools.

Excel progress bars created using the REPT function
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Advanced Excel Skills

Excel is an extremely powerful program used by businesses all over the world. Users with advanced Excel skills are in huge demand.

If you are wondering “how to improve my Excel skills?”, you are in the right place. The list below is a collection of advanced Excel tips to enhance Excel skills and make you an Excel superhero.

Advanced Excel Formulas

If you asked someone, what are advanced Excel skills? You can be sure that advanced Excel formulas would be a common response.

Formulas are what drive an Excel spreadsheet. Formulas provide the muscle for a spreadsheet to analyse, manipulate, convert and look up data with incredible speed and power.

An advanced Excel user would need advanced formula skills. They would have a commonly used list of functions that they know well, but also the skills and confidence to adapt to any situation requiring formulas.

Ultimate VLOOKUP function guide

5 examples of the groovy SUMPRODUCT function

The INDIRECT function – 5 great examples

4 alternatives to nested IF formulas

List of Excel functions

Learn more advanced Excel formulas

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Bar in Bar Chart to Compare Actuals Against Target Values

A bar in bar chart is a great way to compare two values such as actuals against target, this week v’s last week, or progress toward a goal.

In this blog post, we will demonstrate two different ways to create a bar in bar chart like the one below. This shows the actual values (black) against the target values (green) very neatly and clearly.

Bar in bar chart in Excel
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Create a Line Graph with a Target Range

Create a line graph with a target range to easily visualise values that are achieving a performance expected of them.
The great news is that this is very simple to add to your line graphs, yet extremely effective.

You can read on to see the steps or watch the video of the process.

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Excel Doughnut Chart to Measure Progress to a Goal

An Excel Doughnut chart is a very popular way to measure progress towards a goal or target. They are simple to understand, appealing to the eye and familiar to users.

You see Doughnut charts being used to show progress in the news, in business reports and even when your computer is loading or refreshing.

Well the good news is that they are also extremely easy to create.

Watch the Video

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