Progress Circle Chart in Excel as NEVER seen before!

[@LeilaGharani]

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[@mr.brownstone5716]

I could live a thousand life times and I never would have come up with Sam's solution. I'll never use this method but it's cool knowing it exists. ;-)

[@LeilaGharani]

It's always good to have something up your sleeve just in case :)

[@CNYCNY1]

Agree. My poor brain was hurting

[@bttime1060]

😂😂😂. I was thinking the same too

[@eduardpartenie3033]

Yes, the great uncle Sam.. :)) very informative, not sure why I spent more than 10 minutes of my life on this and I'm still smiling (maybe thinking of how creative people can be)

[@galavdani6684]

We are celebrating teachers day today in India and I want to wish you happy teachers day as I had learned some great stuff in excel from you .. 👍🏻

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you very much! I feel special today :)

[@galavdani6684]

Mam.. plz make an elaborative tutorial on how to coustomize index on advanced level in Excel ... It will be great support to everyone..

[@gintomino4136]

That's impressive use of cos and sin functions.

[@IIbarberII]

finally jeje

[@MrsCathT]

Hi Leila, I like yours for its simplicity and Sam’s for its aesthetic. In the end both are impactful to show progress. Thank you for sharing!

[@LeilaGharani]

You are very welcome. Glad you like our little circle chart fun :)

[@Oppadu]

Your every single lecture is always awesome..!!! Especially Chart tutorial, is always wonderful.

[@merbouni]

Votre solution graphique donne à tous les tableaux de bord une touche brillante, c'est vraiment professionnel... Thumbs up !

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad you like our little circle fun Reda :)

[@abdul-muhaimendalghusa7855]

I thank you very much Leila. You are such an amazing teacher and I appreciate these lessons very much not many can afford these advanced courses and there you go giving us a snippets. Just know that you are appreciated. 🙂

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you! 😃

[@MosheMayefsky]

The first method gets the job done; the second method is simply brilliant!

[@dojinho]

Kudos to Sam! I must humbly admit I would not have come up with this solution. But then again, I can't think of a situation where I would go through the trouble of making round edges!

[@LeilaGharani]

Sam's is really a genius solution :)

[@DataMastery360]

I didnt understand the sin & cos function, but one thing I know is that I used this method of creating the doughnut chart at my work, and this changed my life. Thank you Leila.

[@deepakratnani8518]

This is amazing. I was looking for this technique from last many months and not getting any hint. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@excelisfun]

Beautiful Charts, Leila!!! Thanks, Teammate!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you Teammate Mike!

[@bluefishhh]

That was very satisfying! Sam's method is gold...I would never have thought of that!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@converti76]

Leila you are the best, and Sam's solution is so creative an innovative, thanks guys!

[@LeilaGharani]

Our pleasure!

[@swastik9872]

Sam is pretty GENIUS! Thanks Leila for sharing it.

[@LeilaGharani]

It sure is :)

[@georgetosounidis5545]

Hi all, I believe the 2nd solution is adding half a circle's area to the completed ring to both ends (so a full circle) which changes the visual proportions. Better would be if the whole of the circular disk was inside the completed ring, with the circumference tangent to it. This may not be much of a problem if the completed percentage is high enough, but it does skew the visual info the graph is communicating. Also, if the completed percentage is small, like 1% or even 5%, this will certainly give the wrong picture to the audience. It will start to become apparent. In the case of small percentages, we risk the radious of the circle being to large to depict them. As such with this method we can show up to a certain minimum of completed percentage. I just saw this and i don't have the time to create and test it (02:50, here in the UK and i have to be in the office in 5 hours...) but if i had to guess i'd say it shows a full circular disk even at 0%. A better way to implement something like this would be to have ellipses at the end of the ring, where the a,b parameters would be dynamically linked to the completion percentage, with possibly an upper bound, to avoid extremes. The equation of an eclipse is (x^2/a^2) + (y^2/b^2) = r^2. a,b and r are given in squares for symmetry. For a=b we get a circle (the above equation becomes x^2 + y^2 = r^2*a^2 (or *b^2), which is basicaly x^2 + y^2 = R^2 (just a new r, as a,b are parameters). Can you please check what happens for 0% or 1% ? I feel the first solution is correct.

[@TheAnimeist]

It would have been nice to see the results of both methods at 99%, 98%, ..., etc. And then see at which % point does each method not have overlapping pixels.

[@faucillon]

I agree, but given the series are provided through a calculation i feel like we can simply subtract the radius of the scatter plot markers to account for the difference. 1 important thing though will be that one needs to add the removed radius back to the doughnut when the input value = 100% Otherwise my solution will give you a slight area where the grey is still showing although the percentage is 100%. I'll be using my adaptation of Sams solution here. Great work, thanks for sharing both! :)

[@christ6874]

Thank you for sharing both versions. While I prefer the look of Sam’s version, I really doubt all that fine-tuning is going to have a significant impact on a business presentation. It brings to mind the law of diminishing returns. So for the sake of efficiency and effectiveness, I’d just use your version and spend more time on making the business case more attractive instead.

[@luqmanshah7942]

Couldn't agree more. Sometimes we get caught up in the small intricacies of our curiosity and imagination, but it can often hinder us from what's priority: which is just developing a presentable and easy to follow report/dashboard for decision making. That's it!

[@coolag74]

Fantastic...Felt that you are in front of me...Every VDO teaches me something new...You are in the top teachers' list...Happy Teachers' Day...

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you! That's great to hear.

[@saharamh5905]

Omg!! A big shout out to Sam 👏🏼👏🏼

[@LeilaGharani]

👍

[@el-rayjapheth6287]

I give it to you, Laila! You are good at what you do!

[@JohnYoga]

Hi Leila, Is there a more elegant/simpler way of doing Part II now that we are four years later?

[@jonathanleok9880]

Now I understand why did we need to learn the sin, cos and tan functions in schools. So that one day we will stumble upon this video in this amazing channel.

[@LeilaGharani]

😊

[@rina1592]

Ms. Leila, having learnt a lot from your videos, I wish you a Happy TEACHERS Day, Thank you.

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you very much. I feel special today :)

[@MadsAlbertsen]

I like Sams solution the most, it is impressive, but would never make things that complicated in practical use, and definitely go for Leilas solution.

[@LeilaGharani]

Sam's solution really is genius.

[@hiufgterde]

I tried this some months ago and it works great. It’s not really easy to change it afterwards so best to get your format in place the first time

[@mmaier58]

Just wanted to let you know this post is amazing, and your library of topics makes you a genius in my non-mathematical mind :) And I echo many of the appreciative comments made below. Thanks much for your efforts!

[@rpeary5043]

This is just beyond clever. And I find it scary I fully understand all the theory of making it work.

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad to hear that :)

[@joshuacoppersmith]

I used to play with more mathy charting in Excel 2003 when we could do snappy dynamic charting from VBA. But then it slowed down with the shared charting between Word and Excel in 2007. This piques my interest in the mathy bits again. Thanks Sam and Leila!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thanks for sharing!

[@stefanogattoCH]

Thank you for this Leila. Not that I need it, but pushing the limits further it's good habits anyway!

[@LeilaGharani]

Exactly Stefano! Food for thought what is possible with Excel.

[@septimusseverus252]

That was amazing both solutions, and sam's was simply...brilliant

[@lpanebr]

I never thought of using pie charts for making circle progress indicators. I love this. Thanks!

[@LeilaGharani]

Food for thought Luciano :)

[@bluesage1528]

I would never think of using sin and cos functions. This is great. Thank you for sharing!!!!!

[@LeilaGharani]

Same here. Sam's version is genius!

[@darioserrati4069]

Hi Leila, I think I'm writing a bit late and other people might already have picked up on the issues with the second version. 1) the markers and the textbox don't resize automatically . So, don't bother to size the circle until the very end. 2) the formula calculating x and y are not stable either. They are affected by the size of the circle diameter. I extended the axis from -1.15/1.15 to -1.25/1.25 to have more leeway and then adjsted the circle to centre the markers. Perhaps, an expert mathematician could provide a dynamic formula? However, it's a very cool trick 😄 Looking forward to seeing you at the next Excel gathering in January.

[@Auday365]

Sam's nice tweak solution is to - Add Start and End points as Filled Circles at a calculate points (Simple Trigonometry) - Fix the graph so the circles are plotted at expected points - Define the scale of each axis Personally i prefer the simpler solution but i am fascinated with the math.

[@LeilaGharani]

Me too. I would've never been able to come up with such a solution.

[@proxperties4986]

The second method got me thinking, I really wanted to understand the mathematical concept behind it. So, I created a video and uploaded it on my channel explaining that, the method I used is slightly different than the one explained here, but it has the same output. I would really appreciate your feedback on that if possible. By the way, I’m a big fan of your content, I have been watching your videos since a very very long time, I learned a lot from you and now I’m teaching Excel online and offline. So Thanks again for your great content and effort. All the best to come!!

[@stevensondioni7228]

This tutorial really helps me very much, I've learned new ideas and knowledge by following the lesson. thank you.

[@LeilaGharani]

You're very welcome!

[@GuruVideoAC]

Wow you are taking excel to different level

[@leonwhite490]

Sine, Cosine? You mean there's actually a practical use for this????? I should have paid more attention in school.

[@LeilaGharani]

That's exactly what I thought 🤭

[@ArnabAnimeshDas]

Anywhere you see things are moving in a circle, you can use trigonometric functions to solve problems easily.

[@ahmedalmubarak6612]

Lol

[@christiangeiselmann]

The world is full of circles.

[@walerij]

Ha, really if they only had have told it me at school! They do not tell it us in all countries! 😄😄

[@ritheshkumarparemmal9400]

Happy teachers day Leila. You are my favorite teacher. Video is excellent. I like Sams version.

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you! Sam's version is genius.

[@sandipraa]

Ma'am Happy Teacher's Day!! Wish you all the love & Happiness in you life!!!

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you very much!

[@SenthilvelMurugesan]

Sam is the clear Winner here :) Loved both versions, though complex the Sams' is better, Thanks for Sharing Leila

[@LeilaGharani]

Agreed, Sam's version is amazing :)

[@aftabhameedkhan9213]

Hi Leila! Brilliant as usual and kudos to Sam for the wonderful idea. I will use it in my reports and presentations. Looking forward to meeting you in Slovenia Excel Olympics! I hope I will get few mins of talk time with you. I am all set for Slovenia trip from Dubai. Take Care!

[@LeilaGharani]

That's great! Looking forward to seeing you there.

[@aftabhameedkhan9213]

@@LeilaGharani Thank you and I am very eager to meet you! I hope you will note my name :)

[@ronf28]

Beautiful Leila. Great charts too!

[@rogerhuston8287]

How long has Excel been around? I'd have thought they would built this in by now as a line style or something.

[@rdot21]

for real. While this solution is brilliant it is more aptly an example of how horrendously behind Microsoft is in employing such a simple shape feature to their doughnut chart. This should be a one click solution for 'rounded edges' in the chart format page.

[@robertakwasiadjei8223]

We are very much grateful Leila. God richly bless you

[@farooqbadar2490]

Hi Leila All your video are remarkably nice and worth trying . Thanks a lot.

[@LeilaGharani]

I'm happy to hear that.

[@JonnieR]

After watching this my excel skills went down to 0.0001%

[@walerij]

😄😄😄😄😄👍👍👍

[@benf5610]

🤣🤣🤣

[@gulrajbhullar5525]

we are in the same boat... mine is probably even smaller lol

[@ahmedabbas569]

😅😅

[@TheSingularitarian]

Truly elegant solution.

[@marcusnikander4535]

Thank you for a very good and clear video. I appreciate that you have made the work available in Excel for downloading.

[@trewaldo]

Simply awesome. This adds flavor to visualizations in Excel like an infographic. 🤓

[@phvaguiar]

Microsoft developers should see this!

[@Aniket2712]

Yes it will be much more convenient than going through all this

[@ngilsz3]

All courses are wonderful 🧡

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad you think so!

[@yanushcherkis2037]

Hello @ Leila Gharani. I am so grateful for your tutorials. Thank you so much for sharing your Excel wisdom with us. I've followed your instructions very carefully to get the same results. I am very close but it seems that my the Sin/Cos points are slightly off - looks like they are off by one/two pixels. I've tried to adjust the graph's size but I can't find a size where the end points (in Sam's example) are totally aligned with the rest of the progress bar. Do you have any suggestions? Thx!

[@LauraMoncur]

What an elegant solution!!

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad you like it!

[@nls3081]

Your version is just fine for most of the cases!! 👍 Thx a lot!!!

[@davidferrick]

Wow!!! I love an aesthetically pleasing spreadsheet and I love technicality driving this but I could never see myself putting all this work into a progress donut. It's still very cool and I love when ideas are turned into challenges and then turned into solutions. THIS is a great example of obfuscation or as I like to say, there is complexity behind the simplicity.

[@LeilaGharani]

Haha, maybe we went a bit overboard. But it was a fun challenge :)

[@GustavoSoares]

It all depends on how many times one plans to reuse it.

[@voicefrominside1928]

Marvellous ideas ....Hats off to u and mr.sam....

[@مقدادحديد]

Thanks Leila you always Queen of Excel

[@ganeshbhamare7]

Thanks Leila, Version 1 take little efforts and time too. However the credit goes to Sam for rounded shape dynamic chart. ☺️ Thank you both.

[@LeilaGharani]

Sam really created something great there.

[@nevermind4780]

Your videos are always creative and innovative ☺👍

[@luqmanhadinorzafri1302]

Just like apple watch ring! Been searching for this hacks for ages. Thanks

[@sarfarajkureshi6569]

Today indian people's celebrate teacher day, as you my excel techer I wish you happy techer day my dear mam,

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you very much! We don't have that here so I appreciate it :)

[@atiarana2217]

I LOVE EXCEL. BUT AS I STARTED TO ATTEND THESE LECTURES. I REALLY EXPERIENCED A DIFFERENT AND NEW KNOWLEDGE BASE ASPECTS OF EXCEL. I AM THANKFUL TO MAM LEILA GHRANI

[@paulwaiswa3514]

Version 1 is just cool. Thanks Leila

[@kgbadariprasad1]

I loved the 2nd way of representation. I have studied trigonometry, but never used practically. Could you please explain the Cos and Sin function used in the second method ??

[@emilefirson6852]

I've apply for my dashboard report. I really thank for this 👍👍🙏

[@VIJER47]

Thanks! All your videos teach me a bunch.

[@LeilaGharani]

That's good to hear Victor.

[@donychen2162]

Thanks to Leila , it solves my puzzle in years

[@deouaahmadou8487]

Tu es très fortes et éloquente dans la communication, Merci beaucoup

[@chanduhandsome9316]

Leila very helpful, i dont miss Thursday watching KZbin, because for your video

[@LeilaGharani]

That makes me happy :)

[@mmincredible1451]

Beautiful, Lelia your my best excel teacher..Happy teacher day...

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you!

[@dhananjaykansal8097]

Oh yess... Lovely!!! Happy Teachers Day Leila Mam.

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you very much!

[@lcorcoran56]

Great video, I tested myself to see if I could come up with something else and this seems to work for me. if you group a small circle in a square the same size as the chart and then rotate it, multiply the % by 360 in a helper cell, and then use VBA Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) With Sheet1 .Shapes("Group 12").Rotation = Range("E6").Value End With End Sub

[@charlesch3ng]

Why no love for this solution??

[@SergeLetunovskiy]

Definitely liked version number two

[@kamal265]

Leila You are great !

[@ahsahm]

You are AWESOME!!! EXACTLY what I was looking for.

[@SuperZeeko]

You are great Leila!

[@h4niali]

Thanks for your hard work to bring for us a very useful functions , really it help us to create professional reports & dashboards

[@09291975baku]

Thanks for resolving my doubt , good.

[@SeanMoran-byron67]

Both! Awesome solution Sam!

[@tabc6870]

using the PI function is genius!

[@wofdigy]

Well done, as always Leila. Keep 'em coming!

[@LeilaGharani]

I'll try my best :)

[@sundergapuz8332]

Thank you. Your videos are always awesome and great help for me

[@lexhoge]

Both versions are very creative - nice!!

[@DougHExcel]

Great tips Leila & Sam!

[@XCelVietnam]

amazing Leila, thank you very much, both ideas are great

[@roselsimpson858]

Wow must be my lucky day 1st to comment great video as usual. Your videos are helping me with my job as an industrial engineer tremendously Thanks so much

[@LeilaGharani]

Thanks for the quick comment :) Glad the tutorials are helpful.

[@mahdizamani8896]

really cool. smart job Sam!

[@JumpRopeVeteran]

This is a cool hack. I enjoy any video that helps me learn something new in Excel. Thank you for posting this video.

[@LeilaGharani]

My pleasure. Glad to help.

[@towhidaferdousi4057]

Taking the edge off ! Mind blown

[@spktabpna]

Great video as usual. Can we use conditional formatting in that pie chart? Like red colour for below 20%, orange upto 80% and green above 80%?

[@LeilaGharani]

Yes - Create the data prep table with an If condition. So for example if we just have bad and good, then the bad series has this formula =IF(B2

[@jericksonsalonga3257]

@@LeilaGharani How about using 4 data for a single chart? A1 = value if below 20 A2 = value if 20 - 80 A3 = value if 80 - 100 A4 = remainder Example: If 19, then A1 = 19, A2 = 0, A3 = 0, A4 = 81 If 35, then A1 = 0, A2 = 35, A3 = 0, A4 = 65

[@kkbutor]

@@LeilaGharani please make a video in that regard

[@SteveSwanson999]

Both are cool - kudos to both of you!

[@kernoelnerd]

Really great solutions, both of them. Nevertheless , in order to become a little bit unpopular, Sam's one, to my opinion is not mathematically correct: As the center of the circles are put on the edges of the non-circle version, the resulting semi-circles reach into the area of the (1 - progress) part, such making the progress part optically larger than it really is ;-).

[@vishalaggarwal487]

Second one is amazing...too good and professional version. Bang on

[@foxbox7929]

Thank you for making me look smart!

[@LeilaGharani]

😁

[@atiaabdelkader1905]

I love 😍 excel because of you, your work is incredible thank you so much

[@arunkumarnair001]

Your excel tutorials are my go to when I am stuck up. Thank you so much for guiding me in my quest for better excel knowledge. I already have taken up your VBA course in udemy. :) Once again Thank you so much.

[@LeilaGharani]

That's great to hear! Thank you for your support.

[@hansamfotos]

Sam's was sick! I almost spit out the water I am drinking when I saw the rounded edges after the setup! Sin/cos!!!! Ftw!

[@LeilaGharani]

😂

[@GosCee]

Wow! Thanks for sharing this, @Leila Gharani. Very nice! I am definitely going to use it 😊. Even though Mathematics was my favourite subject in school and I had loved the sine and cosine trigonometrical functions, I have never used them (are seen them used) in the real world (work) application - thanks, Sam.

[@LeilaGharani]

Our pleasure :)