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Learn how to dynamically highlight charts.

A dynamically highlighted chart can significantly enhance the visual representation of data, making it easier to understand and interpret. By using a simple formula like "=IF(A2=$B$11,B2,"")" in combination with a few steps, you can create a chart that dynamically highlights specific data points based on certain criteria. In this tutorial, we will explore the process of adding a selection column to a chart, adjusting its appearance, and subsequently hiding it to achieve an aesthetically pleasing and informative visualization.

These are the steps outlined on the video.

Create Selection Column
1) Add Selection column
2) =IF(A2=$B$11,B2,"")
3) Apply formula to rest of the rows.

Add To Selection Column To Chart
1) Select Chart
2) Drag blue box
3) Right-click on the new bar chart (orange), and select "Format Date Series..."
4) Set Series Overlap to 100%
5) Close

Hide Selection Column
1) Highlight selection column
2) Change font colour to white


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Transcript
00:00If you want to learn how to highlight a bar chart like this, stay tuned. I'm going to show you
00:03exactly how this is done. The first thing you have to do is to introduce a new column. Let's call
00:08this column a selection column here. And the formula in that is equal to if open parenthesis
00:12this country is equal to the pulldown country. I'm going to press F4 to make it fix. If they are
00:18equal, I'm going to show population. If they are not, I'm going to show blank like this and hit
00:22enter. And I'm going to apply the same formula to the rest of the row like this. Now, if you make
00:26changes to the country here like this, you can see that the adjacent selection column
00:31get populated. Next, you'll be selecting the bar chart like this. And after that, drag the
00:35blue box into your selection column, right click the new bar chart, format data series,
00:40and the overlap, you're going to put it to 100% and close this. And to put the cherry on
00:45top of the icing, select your selection column here and basically change the font color to
00:50white so that it's not visible. Now, if you test your pulldown menu, the bar chart are
00:54being highlighted accordingly.
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