{"id":325,"date":"2014-09-25T16:33:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T14:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=325"},"modified":"2024-05-26T22:12:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T20:12:38","slug":"data-bars-color-scales-icon-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/data-bars-color-scales-icon-sets\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conditional Formatting has improved in Excel 2010 with the introduction of Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/data-with-icon-sets-in-excel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Icon Sets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data Bars:<\/strong> Includes graphic bars in a cell, proportional to the cell\u2019s value &#8211; Good for Financial Analysis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Color Scales<\/strong>: Includes a background color, proportional to the cell\u2019s value &#8211; Good for Heat Maps<\/p>\n<p><strong>Icon Sets<\/strong>: Shows icons in a cell. The icons depend on the cell\u2019s value &#8211; Good for Project Management reports<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BSzOSN-FZe8?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Data-Bars-Color-Scales-Icon-Sets.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Data-Bars-Color-Scales-Icon-Sets.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Data-Bars-Color-Scales-Icon-Sets.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Select the range that you want to apply the conditional formatting on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-01.jpg\" alt=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" width=\"525\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-01.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-01-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Go to\u00a0<em><strong>Home &gt; Conditional Formatting<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-03.jpg\" alt=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" width=\"338\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-03.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-03-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>It&#8217;s time to have fun! Select a\u00a0<strong>Data Bar, Color Scale, or Icon Set\u00a0<\/strong>and see what happens!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-04.jpg\" alt=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" width=\"895\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-04.jpg 895w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-04-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-04-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-05.jpg\" alt=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" width=\"937\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-05.jpg 937w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-05-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-05-768x488.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-06.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-06.jpg\" alt=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" width=\"1015\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-06.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-06-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/18-Data-bars-06-768x505.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Helpful Resource:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mothresource.com\/193-8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-668 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MOTH-excel_expert470x63.png\" alt=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" width=\"470\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MOTH-excel_expert470x63.png 470w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MOTH-excel_expert470x63-300x40.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conditional Formatting has improved in Excel 2010 with the introduction of Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets. 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