A big thanks to Don for submitting the first response to last week’s Friday Challenge.
You can check out the challenge here:
Friday Challenge – Excel Mutli-year Graph by Month
Don submitted this dynamic chart where a user can select their chart filter’s using slicers.
Here is a sample of what the charts look like:
Here is how Don added slicers to his charts:
1) Made the Data a Table from the Insert ribbon
2) Created Column Chart from the Data Table
3) Inserted Slicers from the Insert Menu after highlighting the data table.
Here is a quick video showing you how Don added slicers to his charts:
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You can download Don’s final spreadsheet here:
Dons-Challenge-Answer-Mutli-year-Graph-by-Month-Data-Set.xlsx
Thanks Don. I think this will really help the user Slice and Dice their data ![]()
Steve=True



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June 12, 2014 At 10:18 am
Don sent me an updated file that has line format instead of columns. You can check it out here:
https://www.exceldashboardtemplates.com/Updated-Don-Step-Chart-Friday-Challenge-Data-with-Line-Chart.xlsx