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How to Change Horizontal Axis Values – Excel & Google Sheets

This tutorial will demonstrate how to modify Horizontal Axis Values in Excel and Google Sheets

How to Change Horizontal Axis Values in Excel

Starting with your Graph

In this tutorial, nosotros'll showtime with a Scatterplot that is showing how many clicks a website gets per week.

Every bit you can meet, our date is on the X Centrality and Clicks are on the Y Axis.

Changing Horizontal Axis in Excel for Graphs

Irresolute your Ten Centrality (Horizontal) Values

Let'southward say to testify a cleaner visual, we want to show the Week # instead of the date to show how it increases over the weeks.

We created another column to show what nosotros want to replace the current Ten Axis with.

Changing X Axis Values for Scatterplot Excel

  1. Right click on the graph
  2. Click Select Data

Select New Data to Change Horizontal Axis in Excel

iii. Click on your Series

4. Select Edit

Switch X Axis Value Series in Excel

5. Delete the Formula in the box under the Serial Ten Values.

6. Click on the Arrow next to the Serial X Values Box. This will allow yous to select the new X Values Series on the Excel Canvass

Replace X Value Series in Excel

7. Highlight the new Serial that you lot would like for the X Values. Select Enter.

New X Value Series in Excel

Final Graph with Updated Ten Value Series in Excel

Now yous'll see the new value shows the week number instead of the engagement.

Final Updated Graph for X Values Horizontal in Excel

How to Change Horizontal Axis Values in Google Sheets

Starting with your Graph

Similar to what nosotros did in Excel, nosotros tin do the same in Google Sheets. We'll start with the date on the 10 Axis and show how to change those values.

Change Horizontal Values in Google Sheets

  1. Right click on the graph
  2. Select Information Range

Change Data Range in Google Sheets X Axis

3. Click on the box nether X-Axis

4. Click on the Box to Select a data range

Select New Data for Horizontal Axis in Google Sheets

5. Highlight the new range that you would like for the X Centrality Series. Click OK

New X Value Series in Google Sheets

Last Graph with Updated X Value Serial in Google Sheets

Final Graph with Updated X Values Horizontal in Google Sheets