Question : Excel 2007 Chart - How to add a percent value on a bar chart?

I have an Excel 2007 bar chart.  Here are sample values for the Chart:

Status      Comp      Incomp
ABC      500      200
DEF      200      200

How can I add a % value for each bar.  For example, status DEF should have a value of 50%. Note that the % value does not have to be on the bar.  It can be to one side or near the bottom of each bar.

Thank you

Answer : Excel 2007 Chart - How to add a percent value on a bar chart?

Hello MisterT,

you don't need VBA for that. What you DO need, though, is to calculate the percentages in your data table. Then, with the data labels on your chart,  click on an individual data label, click into the Formula bar, enter a = sign and click the cell that has the percentage value you want to show. Repeat for all data labels.

For a large chart, this manual method may be a bit tiresome. Instead, you can use a free Add-in called XY Chart Labeler. It's available from here and can put labels on any kind of chart, not just XY.

see attached

cheers, teylyn

Copy-of-Book1-1.xls (34 KB)  (File Type Details) 

chart labels