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To produce this chart we are going to use an Excel Stacked Bar chart with two series of data
The second series is for the Arrow and the gap to the left of the arrow
The Arrow Value is an input and is the value the Arrow will point to
The Arrow is two calculations that setup the Arrow, the 58 is the offset from zero to the left
side of the arrow
The 4 is the width of the arrow. That is the arrow will point to 60 = 58 + 4 /2
Chart
In Excel 2016
Select the range C3:G4 and goto Insert Chart
In Excel 2010
We don’t need the Charts Title, Legend, Grid Lines or Axis, so select each and press Delete
Next we will add an arrow
Then goto the Insert, Shapes Menu and select an Isosceles Triangle
Fill the Arrow with what ever color you want and drag the Handle down so that the arrow
points down
To insert the arrow, select the Arrow and press Copy (Ctrl+C)
Now select the Chart and click on the Upper Orange Bar, click on it again until it is the only Bar
with Handles Showing, the press Paste (Ctrl+V)
Now select the Upper Blue Bar and set its fill and outline to None
Set the Series Overlap to 100% and set the Gap Width to 0%
When the Resize Handles appear, drag them to resize the chart so that the gap between the
Top and Bottom Bars is none
Now click on the new Data Label and click on it again until the Handles change as shown below
Right click on the Data Label and select Format Data Labels
and Finally add a Label to the arrow linking it to cell C2. You have to manually drag the Label
to above the arrow.
Conclusion
Now that you know how to make a Bar Chart with Indicator Arrow, it should take you less than
a minute to copy the bar chart, convert it to a Column chart and reformat it to a Column Chart
with arrow as shown below
I hope you enjoyed the above tutorial