This chart lets you determine the minimum sales price at which you recoup your expenses for goods or services. Microsoft even provides a template for a simple Excel break-even chart.

There are several ways to model break-even analysis in Excel. The two most useful are to create a break-even calculator or to use Goal Seek which is a built-in Excel tool.

When the relationship between the charted entities is less important than the individual entities, try using these two chart techniques to highlight important details in Microsoft Excel.

Learn how to create a Pie Chart in Excel with percentages, without numbers, with words, multiple data or columns, etc. A pie chart helps understand data spread.