Using Sparklines to Show Data Trends

Whilst this is not a PivotTable tool, it is a great tool to use with PivotTables.

New in MS Excel 2010, 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. 

Applies To: MS Excel 2010 

  1. This tip will be based on the screen shot below

2.  Select Cell O5

3.  Select the Insert Tab, and then select Line under the sparklines group

4.  Select as below

5.  Select OK

6.  Use the auto fill handle in O5 to copy the chart to cell O8

7.  With the data range O5:O8 still highlighted select as below


The result will be as below

 

 

 

 

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