Placing labels on data points in a stacked bar chart in Excel

Question

Is it possible to place the labels not on the Y axis, but on the data point itself in a stacked bar chart in excel?

I am trying to modify the timeline template available here so that my labels for each bar appear over or next to the bar rather than all the way on the left side.

See the image below for how it looks now.

Solution 1

In playing with Excel, it looks like you can right-click on the dataset and select "Add Data Label." I'm not sure how to replicate what you have exactly.

Solution 2

Check out XY Chart Labeler. It's an excel add-in and contrary to it's name, it supports many chart types.

Don't thank me, User Toc posted this answer in the question you referenced.

Comments

[David Yates]

superuser.com/questions/194041/excel-scatter-chart-with-labe‌​ls/… points to a similar issue, but for XY plots in specific

[David Yates]

I saw "XY Chart Labeler" from that other question ... even referenced it in the comment I left on the question :) ..however, it seems to only support scatter plots (from what I read about it)

[David Yates]

wow. Thanks Chris. /me goes and hangs head in the corner for not seeing the right-click option!

[David Yates]

I'd still like to be able to put the names on the bars, in addition to the data labels, but this is a good start :)

[DaveParillo]

It will do bars & columns, but Chris's answer is still better!

[David Yates]

this is very close to what I'm looking for, and is a great start towards my final goal :)