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Easily create a bidirectional histogram chart in Excel

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2024-11-21

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A bidirectional histogram chart can be used for comparing two sets of data up and down along a horizontal axis. As the below screenshot shown, there is a monthly sales table for two salespersons, you can visually compare the monthly sales between these two salespersons in a bidirectional histogram chart.

You may know how to create a bidirectional bar chart in Excel, but how about creating a bidirectional histogram chart? Here the Bidirectional Histogram Chart utility of Kutools for Excel can help you easily create a bidirectional histogram chart with only several clicks in Excel.

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Create a bidirectional histogram chart in Excel

Prepare two sets of data you want to compare in the chart, and then do as follows to create a bidirectional histogram chart in Excel.

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1. Click Kutools > Charts > Difference Comparison > Bidirectional Histogram Chart.

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2. In the Bidirectional Histogram Chart dialog box, please do as follows.

2.1) Axis label range: Select the cell range you will display as the axis labels in the chart;
2.2) Series 1: Select the first series values in the original data range;
2.3) Series 2: Select the second series values in the original data range;
2.4) Click OK. See screenshot:

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Note: Click the Example button to open the sample workbook of this feature.

3. Then a Kutools for Excel dialog box pops up, click Yes to go ahead.

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Now a bidirectional histogram chart is created as the below screenshot shown.

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Note: This feature does not work in Excel 2010 and earlier versions.


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