Waterfall chart
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Plots data as a series of color-coded, positive and negative floating columns.

Also known as a bridge chart, shows the impact of additions and subtractions to an initial value.

Useful for visually displaying running totals.


Clustered Bar chart
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Plots data in horizontal bars by category.

Make comparisons between discrete categories.

2D and 3D options are available.


LOWER UPPER PROPER functions
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Convert text into lowercase, uppercase or capitalize the first letter in a string.

LOWER(text), UPPER(text), PROPER(text)


Stock (High, Low, Close) chart
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Plots fluctuations in stock prices or other data.

Uses 3 series of values, in order: high, low, close.

Data needs to be organized in the correct order.


NOT function
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Return the reverse of TRUE or FALSE statements based on testing logical conditions

=NOT(logical)


IFERROR function
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Return a custom result when a formula generates an error

=ISERROR(value)


2D Line chart
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Plots data in order and joins with a 2D line.

Track changes or trends over time.

3D option is also available.


Scatter chart
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Plots data points for independent and dependant variables.

Often used for scientific, statistical, and engineering data.

Also known as XY chart. Shows patterns in large sets of data.


XMATCH function
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Return the relative position of a specified item in a range

=XMATCH(lookup_value, lookup_array, [match_mode], [search_mode])


AVERAGE function
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Returns the arithmetic mean or average of a data set.

=AVERAGE(number1, [number2], ...)


Box & Whisper chart
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Plots data into quartiles, highlighting the mean, median and outliers.

Indicates whether a distribution is skewed or whether there are outliers in the data set.

Use with multiple data sets which relate to each other in some way.


TRIM function
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Remove irregular spacing from either end of or within a text string.

TRIM(text)


Treemap chart
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Plots data within a hierarchical structure.

Categories are displayed by color and proximity and are sized proportionally based on values.

Easily show lots of data which would be difficult with other chart types.


COUNTIFS function
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Count values in a range that meet multiple specific criteria.

COUNTIFS(range1, criteria1, [range2], [criteria2], ...)


LOOKUP function
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Search one row or one column (or an array) for a value

(Vector form) =LOOKUP (lookup_value, lookup_vector, [result_vector])

(Array form) =LOOKUP(lookup_value, array)


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