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Excel also allows almost unlimited chart customizations, by which you can create many advanced chart types, not found in Excel. Below you will also find these advanced chart templates available for download.
You will also find some chart templates available for download for standard Excel charts.
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Advanced Chart Templates
Gauge Chart
Also known as: Dial Chart, Speedometer Chart
Description: Gauge charts use needles to show information as a reading on a dial. They are often used when comparing KPIs or business results against a stated goal.
Learn More: Gauge Chart Tutorial
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7 Different Gauge Chart Templates. 5 Style Presets. 9 Color Palettes. Fully customizable.
Tornado Chart
Also known as: Sales Funnel Chart, Butterfly Chart
Description: A Tornado Chart is a modified version of the bar chart where the data categories are displayed vertically in a way that resembles a tornado.
Learn More: Tornado Chart Tutorial
Burndown Chart
Also known as: N/A
Description: Burndown charts represent work left to do vs. time. It is useful for predicting when all work will be completed.
Learn More: Burndown Chart Tutorial
Step Chart
Also known as: N/A
Description: A Step Chart is a line chart that uses vertical and horizontal lines to connect data points in a series, creating a step-like progression.
Learn More: Step Chart Tutorial
Thermometer Chart
Also known as: Goal Chart
Description: Thermometer charts show the current completed percentage of a task or goal relative to the goal.
Learn More: Thermometer Tutorial
Quadrant Chart
Also known as: N/A
Description: Quadrant charts are scatter charts with a background that is divided into four equal sections, allowing you to categorize data points into the four quadrants
Learn More: Quadrant Tutorial
Ogive Chart
Also known as: Cumulative Frequency Graph
Description: Ogive charts are graphs used in statistics to illustrate cumulative frequencies.
Learn More: Ogive Chart Tutorial
Bullet Chart
Also known as: Steven Few's Bullet Graph
Description: A modified column or bar chart used for tracking performance(s) against goal(s). Alternative to Gauge chart.
Learn More: Bullet Chart Tutorial
Mekko Chart
Also known as: Marimekko Chart, Mosaic Plot
Description: 2D stacked chart where the column width usually represents the relative size of a segment and the height breaks down each segment.
Learn More: Mekko Chart Tutorial
Normal Distribution Curve
Also known as: Bell Curve, Gaussian Curve, Bell Plot
Description: Symmetrical graph that illustrates the tendency of data to cluster around the mean.
Learn More: Bell Curve Tutorial
Stem and Leaf Plot
Also known as: Stemplot
Description: Diagram that splits each data point into a "stem" (the first number(s)) and "leaf" (usually last digit) to display the frequency distribution of a data set.
Learn More: Stem and Leaf Tutorial
Polar Plot
Also known as: N/A
Description: A polar plot is used to define points in space within what is called the polar coordinate system.
Learn More: Polar Plot Tutorial
Venn Diagram
Also known as: N/A
Description: A Venn Diagram uses circles to show relationships among sets where sets have some commonalities.
Learn More: Venn Diagram Tutorial
Panel Chart
Also known as: N/A
Description: Panel charts are charts that have multiple regions, each region displaying a different set of data, rather than showing all data in a single region.
Learn More: Panel Chart Tutorial
Timeline Chart
Also known as: Milestone Chart
Description: Timeline charts are used to visualize status of projects in chronological order.
Learn More: Timeline Chart Tutorial
Progress (Bar and Circle) Charts
Also known as: N/A
Description: Progress charts are used to display your progress towards a goal.
Learn More: Progress Chart Tutorial
Population Pyramid
Also known as: N/A
Description: Population Pyramids are used to visually display subsets within a population.
Learn More: Population Pyramid Tutorial
Percentage Change / Variance Chart
Also known as: N/A
Description: Percentage Change / Variance Charts show secondary information on a bar chart.
Learn More: Percentage Change / Variance Chart Tutorial
Excel Basic Chart Templates
Column Charts
Description: A Column Chart is a data visualization where each item is represented by a rectangle, where the magnitude of the values determines the height of the rectangle.
Learn More: Column Chart Tutorial
Bar Charts
Description: A Bar Chart is a data visualization where each item is represented by a rectangle, where the magnitude of the values determines the width of the rectangle.
Learn More: Bar Chart Tutorial
Area Charts
Description: An Area Chart is similar to a line chart, except the area below the line is colored in to emphasize magnitude.
Learn More: Area Chart Tutorial
Line Charts
Description: A line chart is a graph that uses lines to connect individual data points over a time interval.
Learn More: Line Chart Tutorial
Pareto Chart
Description: A Pareto Chart is a hybrid of column and line charts that displays the relative importance of factors in a data set.
Learn More: Pareto Chart Tutorial
Waterfall Chart
Also Known As: Bridge Chart, Flying Bricks Chart, Cascade Chart, or Mario Chart
Description: A Waterfall Chart visually breaks down the cumulative impact of sequential positive or negative values on a final outcome (ex. various income and expense items on the final profitability).
Learn More: Waterfall Chart Tutorial
Sales Funnel Chart
Description: A Sales Funnel Chart dissects different stages of a process, typically sorting the values in descending order (from largest to smallest) in a way that visually looks like a funnel—hence the name.
Learn More: Sales Funnel Chart Tutorial
Candlestick Charts
Description: A candlestick chart shows the open, high, low, close prices of an asset over a period of time.
Learn More: Candlestick Chart Tutorial
