Pareto charts highlight the biggest factors in a data set, and are considered one of the seven basic tools of quality control as it's easy to see the most common ...SkiptomaincontentSignInSigninsowecanserveyoubetter.OfficesupportProductsMicrosoft365OfficeOutlookMicrosoftTeamsOneDriveOneNoteWindowsMicrosoftEdgemore...DevicesSurfacePCaccessoriesMobileXboxHoloLensHardwarewarrantiesWhat'snewInstallOfficeAccount&billingTemplatesMoresupportCommunityforumsMicrosoft365AdminsSmallBusinessAdminsDeveloperEducationReportasupportscamCreateaParetochartExcelforMicrosoft365WordforMicrosoft365OutlookforMicrosoft365PowerPointforMicrosoft365ExcelforMicrosoft365forMacWordforMicrosoft365forMacOutlookforMicrosoft365forMacPowerPointforMicrosoft365forMacExcel2019Word2019Outlook2019PowerPoint2019Excel2016Excel2019forMacWord2016Outlook2016PowerPoint2016Excel2016forMacExcelforiPadExcelforiPhoneOutlook2019forMacMore...LessAParetoorsortedhistogramchartcontainsbothcolumnssortedindescendingorderandalinerepresentingthecumulativetotalpercentage.Paretochartshighlightthebiggestfactorsinadataset,andareconsideredoneofthesevenbasictoolsofqualitycontrolasit'seasytoseethemostcommonproblemsorissues.WindowsmacOSCreateaParetochartSelectyourdata.Typically,youselectacolumncontainingtext(categories)andoneofnumbers.AParetochartthengroupsthesamecategoriesandsumsthecorrespondingnumbers.Ifyouselecttwocolumnsofnumbers,ratherthanoneofnumbersandoneofcorrespondingtextcategories,Excelwillchartyourdatainbins,justlikeahistogram.Youcanthenadjustthesebins.ClickInsert>InsertStatisticChart,andthenunderHistogram,pickPareto.YoucanalsousetheAllChartstabinRecommendedChartstocreateaParetochart(clickInsert>RecommendedCharts>AllChartstab.Tip: UsetheDesignandFormattabstocustomizethelookofyourchart.Ifyoudon'tseethesetabs,clickanywhereintheParetocharttoaddtheChartToolstotheribbon.ConfigurebinsRight-clickonthecharthorizontalaxis,>FormatAxis>AxisOptions.UsetheinformationbelowtopicktheoptionsyouwantintheFormatAxistaskpane.ByCategory   Th