As you use columns or bars to represent data for each time period, you add a trendline to see how the data is changing. This is the most common use of a trendline. If you want to know more about the formulas and the properties applied check out Microsoft’s support article on trendlines. However, Excel also supports polynomial, power, exponential and moving average trends. I typically use linear and logarithmic depending on which seems to show the trend the best. Excel supports a variety of trendlines to meet specific data stories. I am going to look at two usages – one over time and one over age ranges. Adding a trendline to a chart is very easy. Enjoy! Value of a TrendlineĪdding a trendline to a chart visually projects the current trend over time or other axis. I hope you too will discover something new you can use. In order to not forget what I learn or discover, I write it down … here.
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On the Number tab, click Number in the Category list, and then change the Decimal places setting to 30 or less.As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly about using Excel 2013 and later. Double-click the trendline equation or R-squared text. Method 2: Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and earlier versions of Excel 
In the Category list, click Number, and then change the Decimal places setting to 30 or less. Right-click the trendline equation or the R-squared text, and then click Format Trendline Label. Open the worksheet that contains the chart. To display a greater number of digits, use one of the following methods: Method 1: Microsoft Office Excel 2007 The trendline equation and R-squared value are initially displayed as rounded to five digits. This article explains how to display more digits in the coefficients. For some purposes, this may not be a sufficient number of significant figures. When you add a trendline to a chart, and then display the equation and R-squared value for the trendline, the equation shows only the first five digits of each coefficient.
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