Create a bidirectional bar chart in Excel
A bidirectional bar chart is used for comparing two sets of data side by side along a vertical axis. In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create a bidirectional bar chart in Excel in details.
Create a bidirectional bar chart in Excel
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Create a bidirectional bar chart in Excel
Supposing you want to create a bidirectional bar chart in Excel based on data as the below screenshot shown, please do as follows.
1. Select the whole data range, then click Insert > Insert Column or Bar Chart > Clustered Bar.
2. Then a clustered bar chart is created. Right click on any bar and select Format Data Series from the right-clicking meu.
3. In the Format Data Series pane, select the Secondary Axis option.
4. Then you can see the secondary axis is added on the top of the bars. Please right click the secondary axis, and then click Format Axis from the context menu.
5. In the opened Format Axis pane, please configure as follows:
Now the chart is displayed as the below screenshot shown.
6. Click the first axis (under the bars), go to the Format Axis pane, and then set the same value in the Minimum box as step 5.
Note: In this step, keep the Values in reverse order box unchecked.
Then a bidirectional bar chart is created as the below screenshot shown.
Notes: If you want to change the location of vertical axis, widen the bars or add data labels to the bars, please do as follows.
Change the location of vertical axis
Widen the bars
Add data labels to the bars
Modify the chart title or remove it as you need.
Now the bidirectional chart is complete.
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