The difference is that each column represents a range of values (called a bin) instead of a single value. There are two new Histogram charts in Excel 2016 Histogram and Pareto.Īt first glance, Histogram looks like nothing new, a standard column chart. Waterfall is good for showing ‘above and below the line’ results. Here’s another example with the same data as in the Treemap chart above:
In the above example, you can see that about half the Childrens books are for Ages 3-5 and that sales of those books is a largest sub-group of sales overall. The difference with Sunburst is showing the links between groups and sub-groups. Sunburst is similar to Treemap both are visual comparisons of relative sizes. Related to Treemap is Sunburst and is another very welcome addition to Excel charts. Sadly that’s not possible unless you mess with VBA. The above tooltip should, at least, be easily changed to read “Arkansas Pop. People are used to hover their mouse on a web page to see more info, but that’s hard to do in Excel. Notice how the state names don’t elegantly fit into the blocks? Ideally the font size would adjust to make more labels readable (though there’s a limit to that with the tiny blocks).Ĭhart tooltips are still woeful with no direct way to customize and tidy up the tooltip. Treemap is a welcome addition to Excel though it does show up some limitations in the current chart infrastructure. Microsoft explains that Treemap will not appear in the Recommended Chart list unless “empty (blank) cells exist within the hierarchal structure”. You may need to explicitly select Treemap from the list of charts. The above chart could be separated into regions then states. It’s possible to show sub-groups as well. There are nine supplied Treemap variations, most of which include a legend. Perhaps the most interesting new chart is Treemap, because it’s quite different to the look of other Excel charts. The sixth, Pareto, is under the Histogram option. You can find five of them on the Insert Chart ribbon or the All Charts dialog: Treemap, Sunburst, Box & Whisker, Waterfall and Histogram. They are the first truly ‘exciting’ thing to see in Office 2016 (to borrow Microsoft’s overused term). Poor old Excel’s charts are looking tired.Įxcel 2016 changes that with six new chart formats.
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There’s many interesting and useful charting options available in other software and web services. The biggest complaint about Excel in recent years has been the lack of innovation in charts. Thanks for joining us! You'll get a welcome message in a few moments.
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