# Creating a chart from Excel

## Introduction

Since the Chart.js for Confluence app reads the information from tables, it is fairly simple to use an Excel table and copy it over to Confluence into a chart macro. Here is an example for a Bar Chart.

**1. Prepare the table in Excel**

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**2. Select and copy the table**

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#### 3. Edit your Confluence page and insert a Chart.js Bar Chart macro

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#### 4. Paste the Excel table from the clipboard into the macro body

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#### 5. Insert a 2nd and a 3rd column

The macro expects these two columns. They allow you to specify the type and color of the data series in each row.

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#### 6. Publish your page

At this point you can already publish your page. Even though you haven’t specified type and color. The macro will use defaults and random colors.

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#### 7. Edit your page again and fine tune your chart

You can go back to your macro and specify more details.

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#### 8. Final result after publish

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