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How to create a chart from spreadsheet data in YakCharts

Your numbers already live in a spreadsheet, but the report needs a picture. Paste the rows into the Chart Editor and YakCharts draws the chart, ready to share as an image.

Before you start

  • A YakCharts account (the free plan includes the Chart Editor)
Transcript

Turn rows from a spreadsheet into a chart image for a client report. Here's how in YakCharts.

In the Chart Editor, give the chart a title, then set Chart Type to Bar Chart. The preview switches to sample bar data.

Copy the rows from your spreadsheet and paste them into the data box. The first row holds the month labels, and each row after it becomes one client's bars.

Select Use pasted data. YakCharts reports Imported 3 rows, and the preview draws all three clients across August to October.

Steps

  1. Name the chart and pick a type ▶ 0:07

    In Chart Editor, enter a Chart Title, then set Chart Type to Bar Chart.

    Chart Editor with the title entered and Bar Chart selected

  2. Paste your rows ▶ 0:16

    Copy the cells from your spreadsheet, including the header row, and paste them into the box under Paste from a spreadsheet.

    Data box filled with a header row and three client rows

  3. Import the rows ▶ 0:27

    Select Use pasted data. The status shows Imported 3 rows. and the live preview redraws.

    Live preview showing a bar chart of three clients over three months
ResultThe live preview shows a bar chart of your pasted rows, and the editor status reads Chart is ready. Copy the URL or create a tracked embed.

Next steps

Updated 2026-10-26