

This will insert the chart in the worksheet area. In the Charts group, click on the ‘Insert Column Chart’ icon.Select the Revenue and Profit Margin data (B1:C6 in this example).To create this combination chart, I first need to create a regular chart where I have all the above data plotted on it.īelow are the steps to create a regular chart using the above data (the snapshots are of Excel 2016): Suppose I have the data set as shown below and I want to plot both the revenue and profit margin numbers in the same chart. Creating a Combination Chart in Excel 2013/2016 By adding a secondary Y-axis, we can plot the profit margin numbers separately (and still be able to plot both in the same chart). You can see that a revenue number are in thousands and are way higher than the profit margin numbers (which is in %). But with combination charts, you can have two Y-axis, which allows you to have two different type of data points in the same chart.įor example, you may be interested in plotting the annual revenue numbers of a company, and at the same time, also be able to show how the profit margin has changed.Ī combination chart (as shown below) is a good way of doing this in Excel. When you create a regular chart in Excel, it usually has only one X-axis and one Y-axis. Combination charts in Excel let you present and compare two different data-sets that are related to each other (in a single chart).
