![]() Under “Border color,” select “No line.”.With all the bars selected, right-click and select “Format data series” from the menu to open a “Format data series” window.Click any bar in the chart, and you’ll select all of them. ![]() To turn your Excel stacked bar chart into a visual Gantt chart, you need a few tweaks.įirst, remove the portion of each bar representing the Start date, and leave just the portion representing the task duration. (Don’t worry we’ll fix that in a minute.) Step 5: Transform Into a Gantt Chart You’ll now have an Excel bar chart that lists your tasks and dates-in reverse order. Click OK on the “Axis labels” window and the “Select data source” window to add this information to your chart.Alternatively, you can fill in the “Axis labels” field with this formula: =’’!$$:$$. With this window open, select the cells in your Start date column, excluding the header and any empty cells.Select “Start date” in the left “Series” list and click “Edit” on the right “Category” list. ![]() Right-click on the chart to open the “Select data source” window.You’ll open the “Select data source” window again to get your chart to reflect the task names, instead of row numbers along the left side. When you enter your duration data into the table, your Gantt chart will serve as a quick and easy way to track your project. Click OK to add the series to your chart. You’ll again see the “Data source” window, now with “Duration” added as a series.Once the “Series name” and “Series values” fields are filled in, click OK to close the window.Alternatively, you can fill in the “Series values” field with this formula: =’’!$$:$$. With this window open, select the cells in your Duration column, excluding the header and any empty cells.Click the icon next to the “Series values” field to open a new “Edit series” window.Name your series by typing in the name (i.e., “Duration”) or placing your cursor in the name field and clicking on the column header in the spreadsheet.Click the “Add” button under “Legend entries (series),” and an “Edit series” window will open.A “Select data source” window will open, with “Start date” already listed as a series.Right-click on the chart and select “Select data” from the menu.The next step is to add another series to your Excel chart to reflect each task’s duration. ![]() The bar chart will visualize your Gantt chart’s most important data points Step 3: Input Duration Data Or, if you have a hard deadline for a task and know how long it takes to complete, you can enter the End date and Duration and find the necessary Start date with this formula: You can manually enter the duration of the task or use one of these Excel formulas to fill in those cells automatically:įor example, if Start date is column B, End date is column C and Duration is column D, then the formula in cell D2 would be C2-B2 or C2-B2+1.Īlternatively, you can find the End date by entering the Start date and the Duration and using this formula:
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