There are other charts available in Excel other than the most common ones mentioned, such as the Treemap chart. A Treemap chart provides a hierarchical view of data and makes it easy to spot patterns.

Need to know your organization's YOY results? Susan Harkins will show you how to make a PivotChart in Microsoft Excel.

Step 2: Make an Excel Bar Chart To start to visualize your data, you’ll first create an Excel stacked bar chart from the spreadsheet. Select the “Start date” column, so it’s highlighted.

How to create an interactive dashboard in Microsoft Excel Now that you have a basic idea about interactive dashboards in Microsoft Excel, let’s check them out in action.

Here’s how to make a Gantt chart in Excel to accommodate complex agile project management within the familiar tool.