Rename Data Series in an Excel Chart

Excel charts are effective tools for clearly and succinctly visualising and presenting data. However, the default data series names may not always be illustrative or clear when you make a chart utilising the information from your Excel spreadsheet. Renaming data series in an Excel chart is crucial for giving your audience context and clarity, as well as for making your charts look more polished and understandable.

We will walk you through the process of renaming data series in an Excel chart in this step-by-step tutorial. This article will assist you in mastering the abilities necessary to modify your chart labels and raise the overall visual appeal of your data presentations, regardless of your level of Excel proficiency. So, let's get started to see an example on how you can complete the task!

Rename a Data Series

Here, we can make changes to the legend entries to complete the task. So let us see a simple process to learn how you can rename a data series in an Excel chart.

Step 1

Consider any Excel sheet where you have a chart.

First, right-click on the chart and click on Select Data.

Right-click > Select Data.

Step 2

Then click on the series you want to rename and click on Edit under Legend entries.

Select Series > Edit.

Step 3

Then select the cell where you have a name for the text box named Series Name and click OK to complete the task.

Series Name > Ok > Ok.

This is how you can rename a data series in Excel.

Note

You can also manually enter the series name in the box.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have used a simple process to learn how you can rename a data series in an Excel chart to highlight a particular set of data.