Want to know how to create a scatter plot in Excel? Here's a guide on how we created a simple chart based on performance numbers.

You can make an Excel scatter plot assigning one of the variables in each record to the x-coordinate and one to the y-coordinate on a standard graph axis.

While Excel includes a legend automatically when you create the scatter plot, there are a number of ways to delete it; if your legend is missing you can get it back through the "Layout" tab.

There is an advanced method you can use to turn scatter plots into well formatted timelines. The scatter plot in Excel lets you plot dots in sequential order in a chart.