How do I add data bars to a chart in Excel?

In general, it’s easy to insert a bar chart in Excel. But do you know how to insert a bar chart in cells as below screenshot shown? This article will introduce two solutions for you.

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How do you add data bars to a range?
How do I add a data series to an Excel chart?
How do you add a bar to a chart?
How do I create a bar chart in Excel with multiple bars?

Insert in-cell bar chart with conditional formatting
Insert in-cell bar chart with REPT function
Insert in-cell comparison bar chart in Excel

Insert in-cell bar chart with conditional formatting

This method will guide you to insert an in-cell bar chart with the Data Bars of Conditional Formatting feature in Excel. Please do as follows:

1. Select the column you will create in-cell bar chart based on, and click Home > Conditional Formatting > Data Bars > More Rules. See screenshot:

2. In the New Formatting Rule dialog box, please:
(1) In the Format all cells based on their values section, please specify the Format Style as Data Bar;
(2) Check the Show Bar Only option if you want to hide source data amount the data bar;
(3) In the Bar Appearance section, please specify the bar color from the Color drop-down list. See screenshot:

3. Click the OK button.

And now you will see the in-cell bar is added to the selected column. See screenshot:

Insert in-cell bar chart with REPT function

This method will apply the REPT function to insert an in-cell bar chart in Excel easily.

1. Select a blank cell beside the source data, type the formula =REPT("g",B2/200) into it, and drag the AutoFill Handle down to other cells.
Note: In the formula =REPT("g",B2/200), B2 is the first cell in the source data.

Now the formula returns a series of result in each cell.

2. Keep the formula cells selected, go to the Home tab, and:
(1) In the Font box, type Webdings, and press Enter key;
(2) Select a font color from the Font Color drop-down list;
(3) Change the font size as you need.

Now you will see the in-cell bar chart is added to the formula cells. See screenshot:

Insert in-cell comparison bar chart in Excel

If you need to compare two sets of values and show the difference between them as in-cell bar chart, you can apply the Difference Comparison Chart of Kutools for Excel to get it done.

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1. Click Kutools > Charts > Difference Comparison > Difference Comparison Chart to enable this feature.

2. In the Difference Comparison Chart dialog, you need to:
(1) Check the Mini Chart option;
(2) Specify the ranges in the Data Series 1, Data Series 2, and Output boxes successively;
(3) Click the Ok button.

Then the comparison bar chart is created and added in the specified output range. See screenshot:

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How do you add data bars to a range?

How to add data bars in Excel.

Select the range of cells..

On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Conditional Formatting..

Point to Data Bars and choose the style you want - Gradient Fill or Solid Fill..

How do I add a data series to an Excel chart?

Right-click the chart, and then choose Select Data. The Select Data Source dialog box appears on the worksheet that contains the source data for the chart. Leaving the dialog box open, click in the worksheet, and then click and drag to select all the data you want to use for the chart, including the new data series.

How do you add a bar to a chart?

To create a bar chart in PowerPoint, on the HOME tab, click the arrow next to New Slide and select Blank to insert a blank slide. Then click INSERT, Chart, and choose Bar. The default chart is a Clustered Bar type.