What are some of the options that can be customized with sparklines?
In our previous blog post we have learned to insert Sparklines in excel. Now, we will go little advanced in this blog post and learn to customize the Sparklines. If you have not visited our blog post on inserting Sparklines in excel then please click here before proceeding for this blog post, as we are going to use the same data which we have used previously.
Show We have crated 03 types of Sparklines: Line, Column and Win/Loss as shown in below image. To customize Sparklines in excel, we have to first enable the “Design” tab on the ribbon. Design tab will get enabled if and only if we click on the Sparklines. If we click on any portion where Sparklines are not created then Design tab will get disabled. Once we click on the “Design Tab” then we can see the commands which are divided in various groups. In this blog post of “Customizing the Sparklines”, we will see all the commands “Show Group” which are highlighted with Pink color and the commands to change the “Sparkline Color” and “Marker Color” as highlighted with Brown color in below image. Changing Sparkline Color:1. To change the color of Sparklines, select the already crated Sparklines. This will enable Design tab which contains command “Sparkline Color” as highlighted in below image. 2. Click on “Sparkline Color” command and select the color of your own choice. In this example, we have selected color “Orange, Accent 6, Darker 25%”. 3. You can see the difference as compared to original data. Once we check the checkbox for the Marker, it will highlight each point in the selected group of Line Sparklines with Purple color. Excel’s Sparklines were introduced in Excel 2010, and are a neat way to add mini data visualisations, which sit within a cell or range of cells.
What are the different types of sparklines in Excel?The Sparkline control supports three different sparkline types, namely Line, Column and Winloss, for visualizing data in different context. For example, Line charts are suitable to visualize continuous data, while Column sparklines are used in scenarios where data comparison is involved.
What are sparklines and what are they used for?A sparkline is a tiny chart in a worksheet cell that provides a visual representation of data. Use sparklines to show trends in a series of values, such as seasonal increases or decreases, economic cycles, or to highlight maximum and minimum values. Position a sparkline near its data for greatest impact.
What type of data can be used to create a single sparkline?Sparkline can apply on a single column or row of data series.
Which two methods can you use to specify where the sparklines should appear on a worksheet?On the Insert tab, in the Sparklines group, choose the desired type: Line, Column or Win/Loss. In the Create Sparklines dialog window, put the cursor in the Data Range box and select the range of cells to be included in a sparkline chart.
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