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1. Speedometer chart
In MS Excel
How to create a

2. Do you think this speedometer
looks cool?

3. You can learn to make it on your own
Here’s how…

4. Creating a speedometer in Excel is
fairly simple
To make it one first
has to create two
different charts. Here
is a sample data
sheet:
The first chart will include the following data.

5. This is the data that will be used to create
this speedometer dial. The table will include
5 components to build the dial.

6. Explaining different parts of the dial:
• The starting point will be Zero, and the point marked
as ‘Initial = 15’ is the part marked in Red in the dial.
• The ‘Middle = 45’ is the yellow part of the dial,
starting from the end of ‘Initial = 15’
• The last part colored in green is written as ‘End =
100’ and forms the highest point of denomination in
the dial of the speedometer.

7. Here is picture highlighting the
areas of our speedometer dial:

8. The Max value is 100 which is the total speed
that we are trying to achieve with this
speedometer. This is the total of the three
parts mentioned in the table.

9. The second part of the table is for pointer. The
data given is explained herein:
The Value row gives the number at the point where the pointer lies. One may
also change the value by manually putting in the desired position of the pointer.
The second entry written as “Pointer = 1”is actually the
width of the needle. By increasing this value manually
one can make the needle wider.
The value 1 suggests that the needle is
consuming 1 Cell to show the needle.
The point marked as ‘End’ is actually to show the needle
in a balanced position from the centre. This value is
input using a formula which is “200 – (the sum of Value + Pointer)”.
The formula is mentioned in the image attached.

10. Explaining the Pointer End formula:
• The formula 200 – (the sum of Value + Pointer) is used
as the sum of Speedometer values: Initial + Middle +
End + Max = 200.
• So, the End value of the pointer is the Total of [Initial +
Middle + End + Max = 200] – the Total of [the sum of
Value + Pointer].

11. Steps to create the speedometer dial:
• First, click on Insert
• Select a Doughnut chart from the options in Other
Chart
• Once the space for the chart appears drag it to the side
where you need it and then click on data.

12. Here is a visual representation of
the steps:

13. After clicking on data the following dialogue
box will appear:
Then click on the series from the
cell where the Speedometer series
starts and click on Add.
The next step is to put in a series
name which can be dubbed as
Speedometer.
The box for adding Series Value
should contain all the numbers for
the speedometer. Simply click and
add them.

14. Here’s how…

15. The next step is to simply tweak the
orientation to have a speedometer dial.
• In order to do so, right click
on the chart and select
“Format Data Series” option
from the list.
• At the Rotation slider change
the value manually to get an
orientation that looks like this:

16. The final step is to simply hide the Blue area.
• To do that, Click on Fill and Select the
option “No Fill”.

17. Once done, you can change the colors as per
the Speedometer with Green, Yellow and Red.
We have also deleted the color index as it
was unnecessary you can choose to keep it
if needed or simply delete it.

18. Creating the pointer:
• In order to add the pointer insert another doughnut
chart and add the data of the pointer.
• The Series name will be pointer and the series data
will be the numbers in the Pointer table.
• Once put click on Add and then on Ok
• Then to turn this chart into a needle we need to
change the outer chart’s type.

19. • Select the Chart Type as a Pie Chart.
• Then change the orientation of the chart. The orientation
has to be the same as the first doughnut chart. So, tweak it
till the same value.
• The next step is to hide the Green larger area so, click on it
and go to “Fill” option.
• Select “No Fill” and you will find your doughnut back.
• Then follow the same steps to hide the Blue part.
• And Voila! Now you have a Pointer and a Speedometer
Dial. Then one can change the color and add a Data Label
to the pointer.

20. Here’s what your final output
should look like:

21. To reflect the pointer value as a variable
based on its location
• Go to the pointer data label
• In the data entry bar
• Input = and then simply copy
paste the formula of the Cell
which has the Pointer Value.
• This is the on ->

22. Now you know how to create your own
Speedometer chart
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