This tutorial includes step-by-step guide for applying conditional formatting on a chart in Excel
Suppose you have been asked to create a chart containing high school students’ statistics score data and also having the students who scored greater than or equal to 35 as well as the students who scored between 24 and 34 and formatted them differently.
Click here to download the fileHighlighting values on the basis of 2 Criteria :
1. Greater than or equal to 35
2. Between 24 and 34
Steps to apply conditional formatting on a Chart
STEP 1 :To accomplish this task you need to create 2 columns i.e. one for GE 35 criteria and other for values that are between 24 and 34.
STEP 2 : Put the below formula in cell D4 =IF(C4>35,C4,”NA”) It identifies all the values that meet criteria of greater than or equal to 35 and populates all the other cells with NA
STEP 3 : Same like above , put the below formula in cell E4 =IF(AND(C4>=24,C4<=35),C4,”NA”) It identifies all the values that meet criteria of greater than or equal to 35 and populates all the other cells with NA
STEP 4 : And then insert a chart and select data from cell B4 to E12 in chart data range.
Add 2 series and select D and E column for them and name them “Greater than 35″ and “24-35″ . Formatted them in different colors.
You can see that the NA values are hidden from the above chart because NA is treated as a zero value . As these data values change, the chart appears to apply conditional formatting.
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Excel chart with conditional Formatting
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