Go to the Marker section, under Marker Options group, check Built-in option, choose the line type from the drop-down list of Type, then change the Size as you need. In the Format Data Series pane, under Fill & Line tab, go to the Line section, and check No line option in the Line options group.Ħ. Right click at the Line with Markers chart, select Format Data Series from the context menu.ĥ. In popping Change Chart Type dialog, click the drop-down list next to Target Value in the Choose the chart type and axis for your data series section, select Line with Markers chart and then click OK. In the inserted chart, right click at the Target Value series， and click Change Series Chart Type in the context menu.ģ. In the Format Data Series pane, under Fill & Line tab, check Solid fill option, and change filled color in Color drop-down list. Right click at the Actual series, select Format Data Series in the context menu.

Change the series fill color as you need. Now an actual vs budget chart is created.ĥ. In popping Format Data Series pane (in Excel 2010 or prior versions, there is popping a dialog box) check Secondary Axis option, then adjust the percentage in Gap Width until the Actual Value Series looks thinner than the Target Value series. Tip: if the target value series is the second series in the chart, in this step, you need to right click at the Target Value series.ģ. In the inserted chart, right click at the Actual Value series，then in the context menu, click Format Data Series. Select the data range, and click Insert > Insert Column or Bar Chart > Clustered Column. Create actual vs budget chart in Excel with 6 stepsġ.

How do you create budget in excel