Comments on: Label Totals on Stacked Column Charts

By: Fanny

Fanny — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:22:28 +0000

THANK YOU! I knew there had to be a better way to do this than mess with stupid text boxes all day. Whohoo!

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:20:05 +0000

Graham -

The position of the labeled points, and the label values, are set by the formula that calculates the sum of the particular stacked column. Why would this not update?

By: graham

graham — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:17:07 +0000

Jon, Thanks for the tip – I can use that as a shortcut in some other charts I do. Unfortunately I don’t think that will update or adjust the positioning of the data labels to match the appropriate series. I have a picture of the graph to share…

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:32:12 +0000

Graham -

If you can’t use the tool, then add any type of data labels to the points (I usually pick the series name). Select each label in turn (to select a lable you have to single click twice, first to select the series of labels, then to select the specific label), click in the formula bar, type =, then click in the cell with the label you want to apply.

By: graham

graham — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:44:04 +0000

Jon, Thanks for all the help. I have a similar question as Neil…
I have a stacked column showing 4 series from 1 set of values to another. I want to show the % change from 1 to another.
Using several dummy series I have the labels but they never fit where they should. I’m not able to use the add-in here at work – and although it sounds like it would work it’s not viable for us.

I cannot seem to find any other instructions online documenting how to do this. Any thoughts on writing the instructions?

By: Jordania

Jordania — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:18:16 +0000

Wonderful! Thank you so much!