Excel automatically inserts the graph, but it has no labels. Review the new green "Chart Tools" tab and ribbon at the top of the screen. If you don't see them, click the chart to enable them.

How to create the combo chart Right now, the line chart doesn’t display the Emphasis series — the value $1,800,000 — as a vertical bar. It’s a round marker.

Step 2: Make an Excel Bar Chart To start to visualize your data, you’ll first create an Excel stacked bar chart from the spreadsheet. Select the “Start date” column, so it’s highlighted.