When the relationship between the charted entities is less important than the individual entities, try using these two chart techniques to highlight important details in Microsoft Excel.

The bar chart of Figure 2 compares the median times visitors stayed at each of 12 exhibitions. The variables on the horizontal axis are categorical; they provide the names of the exhibitions.

A Gantt chart is a visual representation of a project schedule, showing the start and finish date of several elements of a project.