Conditional formatting stacked bar chart in Excel
This tutorial, it introduces how to create conditional formatting stacked bar chart as below screenshot shown step by step in Excel.
Conditional formatting stacked bar chart
1. Create helper columns firstly. Select a cell next to you data, type this formula =(B2/SUM($B2:$D2))*100, B2 is the cell you want to calculate its percentage in Project A， B2:D2 contains three parts of the Project A. then drag.
2. Then drag AutoFill handle over all cells to calculate the percentage of each value.
3. Now start creating the conditional formatting stacked bar. Select 100 column ranges next to the formula cells, supposing J2:DE5, click Home > Format > Column Width, and adjust the column width to 0.1, and click the OK button.
4. Keep the columns selected, and click Home > Conditional Formatting > New Rule.
5. In the New Formatting Rule dialog, select Use a formula to determine which cells to format from the Select a Rule Type section, then type this formula =COLUMNS($J$2:J2)<=$F2 into Format values where this formula is true text box.
Note: J2 is the first cell that in the selected column ranges. F2 is the first formula cell.
6. Click Format to the Format Cells dialog, under Fill tab, select one color. Click OK > OK to close the dialog.
7. Then apply the conditional formatting at the second time.
(1) In the New Formatting Rule dialog, select Use a formula to determine which cells to format from the Select a Rule Type section, type this formula =AND(COLUMNS($J$2:J2)>$F2,COLUMNS($J$2:J2)<=($F2+$G2)) into Format values where this formula is true text box, and click Format.
(2) Then in the Format Cells dialog, under Fill tab, select one color.
(3) Click OK > OK to close the dialogs.
8. Lastly, apply the conditional formatting at the third time.
(1) In the New Formatting Rule dialog, select Use a formula to determine which cells to format from the Select a Rule Type section, type this formula =AND(COLUMNS($J$2:J2)>($F2+$G2),COLUMNS($J$2:J2)<=100) into Format values where this formula is true text box, and click Format.
(2) In the Format Cells dialog, under Fill tab, select one color.
(3) Click OK > OK to close the dialog.
Now the stacked bar chart with conditional formatting have been created.
You can add borders around them for well-look.
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