Insert Pivot Chart | Filter Pivot Chart | Change Pivot Chart Type

A pivot chart is the visual representation of a pivot table in Excel. Pivot charts and pivot tables are connected with each other. Below you can find a two-dimensional pivot table. Go back to Pivot Tables to learn how to create this pivot table. To create a Pivot Chart in Excel, select the data range. Then click the “Insert” tab within the Ribbon. Then select the “PivotChart” drop-down button within the “Charts” group. If you want to create a PivotChart only, then select “PivotChart” from the drop-down or if you want to create both a PivotChart and PivotTable, then.

A pivot chart is the visual representation of a pivot table in Excel. Pivot charts and pivot tables are connected with each other.

Below you can find a two-dimensional pivot table. Go back to Pivot Tables to learn how to create this pivot table.

Insert Pivot Chart

To insert a pivot chart, execute the following steps.

1. Click any cell inside the pivot table.

2. On the Analyze tab, in the Tools group, click PivotChart.

The Insert Chart dialog box appears.

3. Click OK.

Below you can find the pivot chart. This pivot chart will amaze and impress your boss.

Note: any changes you make to the pivot chart are immediately reflected in the pivot table and vice versa.

Filter Pivot Chart

To filter this pivot chart, execute the following steps.

1. Use the standard filters (triangles next to Product and Country). For example, use the Country filter to only show the total amount of each product exported to the United States.

2. Remove the Country filter.

3. Because we added the Category field to the Filters area, we can filter this pivot chart (and pivot table) by Category. For example, use the Category filter to only show the vegetables exported to each country.

Change Pivot Chart Type

You can change to a different type of pivot chart at any time.

1. Select the chart.

2. On the Design tab, in the Type group, click Change Chart Type.

3. Choose Pie.

4. Click OK.

Result:

Note: pie charts always use one data series (in this case, Beans). To get a pivot chart of a country, swap the data over the axis. First, select the chart. Next, on the Design tab, in the Data group, click Switch Row/Column.

This Excel tutorial explains how to create a pivot table in Excel 2016 (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

See solution in other versions of Excel:

What is a Pivot Table?

How To Do A Pivot Chart In Excel 2016

A pivot table is a tool that allows you to quickly summarize and analyze data in your spreadsheet.

You can use a pivot table when:

You want to arrange and summarize your data.
The data in your spreadsheet is too large and complex to analyze in its original format.

If you want to follow along with this tutorial, download the example spreadsheet.

Steps to Create a Pivot Table

How To Do A Pivot Chart In Excel 2010

To create a pivot table in Excel 2016, you will need to do the following steps:

Create A Pivot Chart In Excel

Before we get started, we first want to show you the data for the pivot table. In this example, the data is found on Sheet1.
Highlight the cell where you'd like to create the pivot table. In this example, we've selected cell A1 on Sheet2.
Next, select the Insert tab from the toolbar at the top of the screen. In the Tables group, click on the Tables button and select PivotTable from the popup menu.
A Create PivotTable window should appear. Select the range of data for the pivot table and click on the OK button. In this example, we've chosen cells A1 to F16 in Sheet1 as indicated by Sheet1!$A$1:$F$16.
Your pivot table should now appear as follows:
Next, choose the fields to add to the report. In this example, we've selected the checkboxes next to the Order ID and Quantity fields.
Next in the Values section, click on the 'Sum of Order ID' and drag it to the Rows section.
Finally, we want the title in cell A1 to show as 'Order ID' instead of 'Row Labels'. To do this, select cell A1 and type Order ID.
Your pivot table should now display the total quantity for each Order ID as follows:
Congratulations, you have finished creating your first pivot table in Excel 2016!