Excel Conditional Formatting Data Bars

The workbook shows how to add colored bars inside Excel cells and customize them to your liking.

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Examples:
• Data bars vs. bar chart
• Gradient Fill and Solid Fill bars
• Custom data bars
• Set data bar percentage
• Data bars based on formula
• Data bars based on another cell value
• Data bars for negative values
• Show only bars without values
cel Conditional Formatting Data Bars
rkbook shows how to add colored bars inside Excel cells and customize them to your liking.

Ablebits.com
11-Oct-22
Excel conditional formatting Data Bars

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 Data Bars Bar Chart
Item June July Difference
Cable TV $20 $28 40.00%
Car Insurance $19 $29 52.63%
Car Payment $100 $95 -5.00%
Cell Phone $20 $28 40.00%
Electricity $115 $120 4.35%
Gasoline $105 $132 25.71%
Gym Membership $10 $10 0.00%
Hairdresser's $30 $25 -16.67%
House Rent $200 $190 -5.00%
Internet $30 $29 -3.33%
Pet Care $10 $15 50.00%
Student Loan $60 $63 5.00%

-30.00% -20.00% -10.00% 0.00%

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Chart Title

-20.00% -10.00% 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00%

 Data Bars in Excel
Gradient Fill Data Bars Solid Fill Data Bars
Rank City Population Rank City
1 Tokyo 37,468,000 1 Tokyo
2 Delhi 28,514,000 2 Delhi
3 Shanghai 25,582,000 3 Shanghai
4 São Paulo 21,650,000 4 São Paulo
5 Mexico City 21,581,000 5 Mexico City
6 Cairo 20,076,000 6 Cairo
7 Mumbai 19,980,000 7 Mumbai
8 Beijing 19,618,000 8 Beijing
9 Dhaka 19,578,000 9 Dhaka
10 Osaka 19,281,000 10 Osaka
d Fill Data Bars
Population
 Custom Data Bars in Excel

Rank City Country Population

1 Tokyo Japan 37,468,000
2 Delhi India 28,514,000
3 Shanghai China 25,582,000
4 São Paulo Brazil 21,650,000
5 Mexico City Mexico 21,581,000
6 Cairo Egypt 20,076,000
7 Mumbai India 19,980,000
8 Beijing China 19,618,000
9 Dhaka Bangladesh 19,578,000
10 Osaka Japan 19,281,000
 Data bar percentage

Rank City Country Population

1 Tokyo Japan 37,468,000
2 Delhi India 28,514,000
3 Shanghai China 25,582,000
4 São Paulo Brazil 21,650,000
5 Mexico City Mexico 21,581,000
6 Cairo Egypt 20,076,000
7 Mumbai India 19,980,000
8 Beijing China 19,618,000
9 Dhaka Bangladesh 19,578,000
10 Osaka Japan 19,281,000
 Data bars based on formula

Rank City Country Population

1 Tokyo Japan 37,468,000
2 Delhi India 28,514,000
3 Shanghai China 25,582,000
4 São Paulo Brazil 21,650,000
5 Mexico City Mexico 21,581,000
6 Cairo Egypt 20,076,000
7 Mumbai India 19,980,000
8 Beijing China 19,618,000
9 Dhaka Bangladesh 19,578,000
10 Osaka Japan 19,281,000
 Data bars based on another cell value

Rank City Country Population

1 Tokyo Japan 37,468,000
2 Delhi India 28,514,000
3 Shanghai China 25,582,000
4 São Paulo Brazil 21,650,000
5 Mexico City Mexico 21,581,000
6 Cairo Egypt 20,076,000
7 Mumbai India 19,980,000
8 Beijing China 19,618,000
9 Dhaka Bangladesh 19,578,000
10 Osaka Japan 19,281,000
 Positive and negative data bars
Item June July Difference
Cable TV $20 $28 40.00%
Car Insurance $19 $29 52.63%
Car Payment $100 $95 -5.00%
Cell Phone $20 $28 40.00%
Electricity $115 $120 4.35%
Gasoline $105 $132 25.71%
Gym Membership $10 $10 0.00%
Hairdresser's $30 $25 -16.67%
House Rent $200 $190 -5.00%
Internet $30 $29 -3.33%
Pet Care $10 $15 50.00%
Student Loan $60 $63 5.00%
 Show only data bars
Item June July Difference
Cable TV $20 $28
Car Insurance $19 $29
Car Payment $100 $95
Cell Phone $20 $28
Electricity $115 $120
Gasoline $105 $132
Gym Membership $10 $10
Hairdresser's $30 $25
House Rent $200 $190
Internet $30 $29
Pet Care $10 $15
Student Loan $60 $63