3 Excel 2016 Chart Types To Try Out
The recent introduction of Excel 2016 grants users access to numerous new and useful features, including a total of 6 new chart types! Today, we’ll focus on the 3 new Excel 2016 chart types that you definitely have to try out for yourself:
- Pareto
Pareto charts are the excel chart types that combine both the use of bar and line graphs to reveal data with the biggest impact. Sort data efficiently with descending order represented with bars and cumulative totals in lines. Pareto charts are ideal for analysing data based on frequency and cause. You can access and use Pareto Charts by selecting your table and choosing the Insert tab. Choose Insert Statistical chart and click on Pareto. The Pareto chart will then appear with the menu for Chart tools/design ribbons so that you can choose the design option that best fits your project type.
- Treemap
If you are looking for organisational charts that can display hierarchical views of your data, then Treemap types are your ideal choice. With a total of nine variations, you can choose how you want your data to be displayed and compare data sections of your hierarchies based on size ( main branches being large data, sub limbs branching out into smaller data and more). The Treemap charts are best for data types that require multiple groups and subgroups. To use the chart, you can access your spreadsheet and choose your data. Locate the Insert tab and choose Insert Hierarchy chart. The treemap chart option will then be made available.
- Histogram
Histograms resemble a column chart, except with the additional add on that each column is used to represent a data value range instead of just one data value alone. Histogram charts are the best chart types to use when you need to reveal a data range in a neat format for analysing data frequencies that are within certain distributions, density estimations, statistics and more. To use a Histogram, choose the Insert tab and select Insert Statistical Chart. This will let you select the Histogram option, where you will then be able to choose the best fitting one for your project.
These are the three chart types in Excel 2016 that you should definitely take the time to try out. These three chart types all hold the potential of bringing you numerous benefits and mastering them will lead to further simplifying your data visualisation problems. But enough blabbering from us, why not try it out for yourself?