Comments on: How to Create a Pareto Chart in Excel http://articles.excelyogi.com/how-to-create-a-pareto-chart-in-excel/2008/11/20/ Analyst Resources Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:15:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jon Peltier http://articles.excelyogi.com/how-to-create-a-pareto-chart-in-excel/2008/11/20/#comment-33 Jon Peltier Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:51:29 +0000 http://articles.excelyogi.com/?p=128#comment-33 You can simplify your data range so that only three columns are needed. Column C will have cumulative percentage. In C2 in your example, enter this formula: =SUM($B$2:$B2)/SUM($B$2:$B$5) and drag it down. Now you can make the chart with a single selected range, or even with a single cell in the range selected. You can simplify your data range so that only three columns are needed. Column C will have cumulative percentage. In C2 in your example, enter this formula:

=SUM($B$2:$B2)/SUM($B$2:$B$5)

and drag it down. Now you can make the chart with a single selected range, or even with a single cell in the range selected.

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