Step-by-step tutorial on creating an analytical dashboard in Excel that updates automatically using a pre-designed template or from scratch.

Excel automatically inserts the graph, but it has no labels. Review the new green "Chart Tools" tab and ribbon at the top of the screen. If you don't see them, click the chart to enable them.

How to Make a Graph With Months in Excel. When you create a graph that includes dates, Excel 2013 automatically spaces the data in chronological order.

You can make a bar graph in Excel by first selecting the range you want to depict, and then using the dropdown menu to select the desired chart.

Displaying values on a map chart is more meaningful than handing someone a sheet of data. Thanks to Microsoft Excel's Geography data type, creating a map chart is easier than you might think.

When the relationship between the charted entities is less important than the individual entities, try using these two chart techniques to highlight important details in Microsoft Excel.