How To Use Data Bars. How to Add Data Bars On the Excel worksheet select the cells with numbers that you want to format. Click to expand image How to customize data bars.
Here Im using INDIRECT A ROW formula for the Minimum value and INDIRECT B ROW for Maximum value of the data bar. In the list of conditional formatting options click Data Bars. If you checkmark this option then only data bars display for each row.
Do NOT include any row or column totals.
In the Conditional Formatting menu choose Data Bars and then choose the style you prefer. Click Data Bars. Select cells you want to create data bar and click Home Conditional Formatting New Rule. Click to expand image How to customize data bars.