Easiest Way to Create Dynamic Step Charts with Error Bars

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Use this trick to create a super quick dynamic Step chart in Excel using a scatter plot and error bars (great graph to show price & inventory fluctuations).
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Key Highlights:
Data Setup and Initial Charting: Converting data into an Excel table and inserting a scatter plot chart.
Applying Error Bars: Utilizing horizontal and vertical error bars to create step chart effects.
Custom Error Bar Lengths: Techniques to dynamically set error bar lengths based on date differences.
Data Label Optimization: Adding data labels for positive and negative values separately for clarity.
Final Visual Enhancements: Adjusting line thickness and color, and formatting the chart for a polished look.
What is a Step Chart? A Step Chart is great for visualizing variables that change on an irregular basis. For example price and inventory changes. If you create a line chart directly on the data set you will realize it doesn't show the correct visualization. There are different ways to get the right visualization. This videos shows you the easiest version. It uses a little chart trick called error bars.
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  • @LeilaGharani
    @LeilaGharani6 ай бұрын

    Grab the file I used in the video from here 👉 pages.xelplus.com/step-chart-file

  • @lesportautrement
    @lesportautrement Жыл бұрын

    Bravo Medhi and Leila. Beautiful application to errors bars and table (to make the chart dynamic).

  • @yogeish
    @yogeish5 жыл бұрын

    Wow ! Just Wow. I had never used Error Bars before this.

  • @staceyl.thienel1499
    @staceyl.thienel1499 Жыл бұрын

    I love all your tutorials!!!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    🙏Thanks, Stacey!

  • @rehangulshaable
    @rehangulshaable2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent one. Thank you

  • @stephengibson100
    @stephengibson1005 жыл бұрын

    This was brilliant fun to make.

  • @Isixhubio7
    @Isixhubio73 жыл бұрын

    Excellent presentation of this technique And not only that! Leila has masterfully refreshed the technique of creating step chart originating from MVP Tushar Mehta from 20 years ago

  • @MySpreadsheetLab
    @MySpreadsheetLab6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Leila for the chart expertise!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're very welcome Kevin.

  • @bricc322
    @bricc3226 жыл бұрын

    Really awesome! Thank you to all three of you!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    That's team work! Nothing can beat that :) Great to see you Celia.

  • @bricc322

    @bricc322

    6 жыл бұрын

    Indeed, Leila! Impossible to beat specially when the team is all 5 - stars! Great to see you too, Leila! In fact I see you every night - I am taking your Dashboards course on Udemy. The VBA one is next in the queue. ;-)

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    ;-) I hope you're enjoying the dashboard course - hopefully it's not giving you any nightmares ;)

  • @bricc322

    @bricc322

    6 жыл бұрын

    Leila Gharani HAHAHA! Not at all, Leila. On the contrary: it makes me very happy to learn all that new stuff.

  • @Dev_Bartwal
    @Dev_Bartwal6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks LG....💞 Awesome and smooth error bar. Thanks to give us this amazing video without any cost. I respect your important time values 💞 Love the way of ur presentation Lots of love🌷🌹🌷🌹

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Dev! I love creating the videos too and sharing them with others who also enjoy working with Excel. Many thanks for your support.

  • @spuneet156
    @spuneet1564 жыл бұрын

    This is the right time to use error bars, thanks

  • @DmitryWhite82
    @DmitryWhite826 жыл бұрын

    Pure beauty in action

  • @yulinliu850
    @yulinliu8506 жыл бұрын

    So many cool useful tricks! Thanks a lot for sharing!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're very welcome Yulin. Thank you for your support.

  • @barttitulaerexcelbart9400
    @barttitulaerexcelbart94006 жыл бұрын

    Very nice video. Never worked with error bars. I always thought they were only for shares on the stock market. Good to see how you can modify these error bars.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Bart and thank you for the whole step chart idea. Yes - error bars can really come in handy - in this case for cosmetic purposes rather than statistical analysis :)

  • @KisalaySomani
    @KisalaySomani6 жыл бұрын

    Leila, discovered your channel very recently, but super impressed. This is awesome!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I'm happy to hear that!

  • @Wulandari-gr2se
    @Wulandari-gr2se4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Leila. That's great, made chart not boring anymore

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome 😊

  • @ismailismaili0071
    @ismailismaili00716 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ms. Leila I really appreciate

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Appreciate your support.

  • @samueldurai6039
    @samueldurai60395 жыл бұрын

    Leila, You are simply Awesome....

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    5 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like it Samuel :)

  • @jiajiaphotography
    @jiajiaphotography3 жыл бұрын

    This is WOW 😮

  • @ash_m_
    @ash_m_3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, I love this! This has inspired me to improve the stacked area charts that I'm currently using to show balance changes over time, as steps would be more suitable. I have a dollar value recorded for each date within the given range, so I'm thinking the easiest method would be to use a stacked column chart and change the spacing between each column to 0 so that there is no space between each column. I'm sharing this in case others find it useful, though I'm also interested to know if there are other methods to achieve this!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your tips, Ashlee!

  • @MalinaC
    @MalinaC6 жыл бұрын

    I love error bars :) Thank's for the EXCELlent film, Leila!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Malina! Agree - error bars come in really handy. I wonder how many people use them for their actual purpose.....

  • @MalinaC

    @MalinaC

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hehe, yeah, ...not me ;)

  • @KKB-tt4lj
    @KKB-tt4lj6 жыл бұрын

    You are amazing!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you like the video. I'm just the messenger though - Bart & Mehdi were the ones that came up with all the ideas.

  • @khalidalisubhanallah2947
    @khalidalisubhanallah29476 жыл бұрын

    Bundle of Thanks Mam Nice Topic & Nice Video

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're very welcome Khalid. Thank you for dropping by.

  • @DougHExcel
    @DougHExcel6 жыл бұрын

    Neat example of a step chart using error bars!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Doug.

  • @NIEBE2012
    @NIEBE20126 жыл бұрын

    Very good vídeo!!!!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your support!

  • @sasikumarkumar8098
    @sasikumarkumar80986 жыл бұрын

    excellent

  • @_pr0xy
    @_pr0xy6 жыл бұрын

    thumbs-up to the both of you..

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Joe! Thanks for your support.

  • @kamrulzoha9223
    @kamrulzoha92236 жыл бұрын

    Wallahi I have subscribed almost 100 ( KZread channels ) But I love your chart presentation more than any Excel expert

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    That's really kind! Thank you! I'm very happy to hear you like the chart videos.

  • @eng.hafizhabibhabib1268
    @eng.hafizhabibhabib12685 жыл бұрын

    very good

  • @1rasha
    @1rasha4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @vishwanathp24
    @vishwanathp246 жыл бұрын

    awesome Thank alot

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you & your're very welcome.

  • @rrrprogram8667
    @rrrprogram86676 жыл бұрын

    Woww nice.... I have learned a new thing

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear that!

  • @walek2001
    @walek20016 жыл бұрын

    super!

  • @obelixzhang4774
    @obelixzhang47744 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!0I am a big fun for the step chart, would u please post a video to how to combine step chart with column chart. I saw someone did it that was a mind blowing.BTW huge thanks for your excel sharing, i watched your first video from the latest one that meaned a lot to me.:)

  • @hosseinhosseinpoor4845
    @hosseinhosseinpoor48453 жыл бұрын

    thanks thanks thanks

  • @AmitSharma-ft7jb
    @AmitSharma-ft7jb2 жыл бұрын

    Cute tutor...

  • @rambdrchand6354
    @rambdrchand63545 жыл бұрын

    As I'v been watcing every video, as civil engineer, usggest me how tp prepare related charts & cost preparation

  • @johnborg5419
    @johnborg54196 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Leila :)

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're very welcome John. Do you use charts in your reports or formulas only?

  • @johnborg5419

    @johnborg5419

    6 жыл бұрын

    I do use charts and your videos are very interesting to me, not only to use but to learn more and more. I love excel as you might have noticed already. Mostly I use Formulas, and the more complicated the scenario is, the more fun I get. I have been following Mike for Years and Aladin, Bill Szyisz and many more. Thanks to people like you and Mike we followers get better and better. God Bless you Leila :) :)

  • @abdsab78
    @abdsab786 жыл бұрын

    Good day. thank you very much for your effort. we are waiting to have the downloadable workbook !

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for reminding me! I'm at a seminar today, but I'll upload it right after.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    The Excel file is now available here: www.xelplus.com/how-to-create-step-chart-in-excel/ - just scroll down and download the file. Have fun :)

  • @abdsab78

    @abdsab78

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much. i highly appreciate it :-)

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome. Thanks for reminding me.

  • @SothearithKONGMrMuyKhmer
    @SothearithKONGMrMuyKhmer4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome Leila! Thanks for this useful video. 🥰 Just a tiny comment; the currency is EUR in table, but in step-chart, you select USD instead of EUR. P.S: I’m in love watching your videos about Excel tips and skills. A huge thanks for your kindness. 👍 Best regards, Sothearith

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback Sothearith!

  • @SothearithKONGMrMuyKhmer

    @SothearithKONGMrMuyKhmer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Leila Gharani You’re very welcome!

  • @mohfadel88
    @mohfadel884 жыл бұрын

    V. Good like it most. 👍Who noticed the tiny mistake of currency between y axis and the data inside the chart, $ and €?

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    You got me there :)

  • @brianvaddan9987
    @brianvaddan99876 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Is there any way to shade the area under the curve?

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome - I have to think about that.....

  • @Murli181
    @Murli1813 жыл бұрын

    I added some cosmetic to your Awesome graph. And I have sent a mail.hope you have received it.

  • @punchbuddies220
    @punchbuddies2206 жыл бұрын

    my princess...

  • @giannisioannou2699
    @giannisioannou26996 жыл бұрын

    Can you tell if the Row(PrTable[[#Headers],[Date]]) is always 0? Also can you tell why A12-A11=-43288?

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    The row formulas gives the row the header is sitting in. If you deduct the previous row, you start from 1. Regarding the huge difference: if you go to cell A11 and change the cell formatting to general, you see 43288. That's how dates look as whole numbers. The value is the number of days since Jan 01 1900. So if we deduct zero from A11, we get -43288. It shows it to us as a number and not a date, because it has -ve in front of it....

  • @MichaelHagberg
    @MichaelHagberg5 жыл бұрын

    Rather than =IF(DATE how about =MAX(0, to eliminate the negative day counter in the last row

  • @TSSC

    @TSSC

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or, if the last price plotted is the current price: use today() in the formula to calculate the date difference (length of the horizontal error bar).

  • @admin86391
    @admin863916 жыл бұрын

    Have a suggestion for u make a video short length and to the point, u can check MJ tube channel he also make video on excel in short and simple way, don't mind take it as compliment

  • @elnurganbarov6502

    @elnurganbarov6502

    6 жыл бұрын

    it is ok some people like this style , so if you have suggestion do your own videos

  • @balajisuriyanarayanan6545
    @balajisuriyanarayanan65456 жыл бұрын

    Hi Leila.. could you please help me with heat map? What is heat map actually ?? And where we need to use it?

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hi Balaji - here you can get a good overview: trumpexcel.com/heat-map-excel/ and here too which is on an actual map: support.office.com/en-us/article/show-a-heat-map-in-3d-maps-be0bad76-3f04-4e9b-8a53-1801fc2b17d9

  • @balajisuriyanarayanan6545

    @balajisuriyanarayanan6545

    6 жыл бұрын

    Leila Gharani wow.. thats cool.. thank you

  • @abdallah.kandiel
    @abdallah.kandiel6 жыл бұрын

    Hey there

  • @abdallah.kandiel

    @abdallah.kandiel

    6 жыл бұрын

    I was waiting from morning Happy come back I will warch frist then continue annoying you 😅😅😅😅

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hi there! This one took a lot longer to edit... Thank for watching & waiting :)

  • @abdallah.kandiel

    @abdallah.kandiel

    6 жыл бұрын

    this is very tricky i appreciate ur time but it deserves . that way to show the changes in prices is very practical i do need it to impress work buddies it adds to my experience an techniques how can i thank u i am in a rush because of q1 - 2018 business review i will finish it and join u in vba meanwhile best rose from me

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Yes, it's tricky but I agree, it's a nice chart to impress. Most people don't know about error bars...Good luck with business review. Hope all goes well!

  • @sarkarhere
    @sarkarhere6 жыл бұрын

    Instead if ROW's formula, "=if(rows([Date]=(row([@Date])-row(PriceTable[[#Headers],[Date]]),0,A5-[@Date]))" ----------- why cant we use "=IF(A5-[@Date]

  • @plamenfilipov4697
    @plamenfilipov46976 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone else have a problem with substraction of the dates... I get #Value for some reason. Any ideas? Thanks!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    Does Excel recognize the dates as real dates? If you go to home, and from the number field drop down, do you see date as the number formatting option?

  • @plamenfilipov4697

    @plamenfilipov4697

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Leila! Yes I can see a few date options. Yet, there is date, short date, long date. Regardless of which one I pick it does not get the substraction! Keep up with the good work!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    If it's recognized as dates, you should be able to subtract.... that's strange that you get #value - you might get a date back which you can format as general and then see the number.... what if you write =today() in one cell and then in the next one write =today()+2 - in another cell subtract these 2 cells....?

  • @plamenfilipov4697

    @plamenfilipov4697

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I figured it out! My excel recognized dates in the format 16.5.2018. Thanks again!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    6 жыл бұрын

    That's great! Thanks for the feedback.

  • @majiddehbi9186
    @majiddehbi91864 жыл бұрын

    thx , jus one favours could u plz go slowly

  • @TUbeCesar1972
    @TUbeCesar19725 жыл бұрын

    I love You. You’re so cute.

  • @qutub-ul-walikhan2459
    @qutub-ul-walikhan2459 Жыл бұрын

    Your vlogs are difficult.