In this video, we'll look at how to highlight high and low values in an Excel chart using data labels. This worksheet contains daily sales numbers for a small online store. I'll plot the data in a basic column chart. Let's say we want to highlight the highest and lowest values by showing these values directly over the bars. I have been able to recreate something similar with a stock chart, but feel that it is a little inefficient. I am not even sure what the name of this style of chart is. I have always called it a high low chart, but Google results for that term do not turn up many unusable results. Thanks for help in advance. In Excel 2016, charts and diagrams can show trends, averages, high and low points, and more. Not only do they make your worksheets more visually appealing, they also serve a definite function. They make it easier for your intended audience to sort out and understand the information you are presenting to them.
How to sort chart by value in Excel?
In general, we can sort data by value or other criteria easily in Excel, but have you ever tried to sort chart by value? Now this tutorial will talk about the method on sorting chart by value in Excel, please read the following details.
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Because the chart series order will change automatically with the original data changing, you can sort the original data first if you want to sort chart.
1. Select the original data value you want to sort by. See screenshot:
2. Click Data tab, and go to Sort & Filter group, and select the sort order you need. See screenshot:
3. Then in the popped out dialog, make sure the Expand the select is checked, and click Sort button. See screenshot:
Now you can see the data has been sorted, and the chart series order has been sorted at the same time.
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Use an additional data series plotted on the secondary axis to add values tothe high-low lines.
How To Create High Low Chart In Excel
| A | B | C | D | E | |
| 1 | Actual | Expect | HI-Lo | Label | |
| 2 | Jan | 8 | 6 | =B2+((C2-B2)/2) | =C2-B2 |
| 3 | Feb | 7 | 5 | =B3+((C3-B3)/2) | =C3-B3 |
| 4 | Mar | 7 | 1 | =B4+((C4-B4)/2) | =C4-B4 |
| 5 | Apr | 1 | 3 | =B5+((C5-B5)/2) | =C5-B5 |
| 6 | May | 9 | 10 | =B6+((C6-B6)/2) | =C6-B6 |
| 7 | Jun | 3 | 5 | =B7+((C7-B7)/2) | =C7-B7 |
| 8 | Jul | 1 | 7 | =B8+((C8-B8)/2) | =C8-B8 |
| 9 | Aug | 8 | 4 | =B9+((C9-B9)/2) | =C9-B9 |
| 10 | Sep | 6 | 6 | =B10+((C10-B10)/2) | =C10-B10 |
| 11 | Oct | 1 | 10 | =B11+((C11-B11)/2) | =C11-B11 |
| 12 | Nov | 6 | 6 | =B12+((C12-B12)/2) | =C12-B12 |
| 13 | Dec | 8 | 6 | =B13+((C13-B13)/2) | =C13-B13 |
The formulas in column D define the mid-pointposition between the 2 lines. The formulas in column E define the actualdistance between the 2 lines and are also used as the category labels forthe secondary x axis. Whilst the secondary x axis is not displayed thevalues can be used automatically by the data labels.
Using the chart wizard create a line chart based on the range A1:D13
Double click the Hi-Lo data series and change the series to the secondaryaxis.
Use the chart options dialog to enable the secondary x axis.
Use the Source data dialog do set the secondary category axis labels to therange E2:E13.
Format the secondary x axis so the tick marks and labels are not displayed.
Apply data labels to the Hi-Lo series. Display the Category values.(forolder version of Excel that's display the Show Label option).
Double click the data labels and change the label position to Center.
Final tidy up the formatting ofthe high-low lines. Set the background font to Opaque so the values are notobscured by the lines. Remove the extradata series from the legend.
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