Stacked column chart comparision

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I need to create a comparative stacked column chart with 8 columns
Columns 1&2 side by side, columns 3&4 side by side and so on. Any ideas on
how to get this to work? Really crunched for time, thanks to anyone that can
help

 

[Ute Simon]

I need to create a comparative stacked column chart with 8 columns

Columns 1&2 side by side, columns 3&4 side by side and so on. Any ideas
on
how to get this to work?

Jon Peltier has a tutorial about that:
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/ChartsHowTo/ClusterStack.html
(He also sells an add-in to create this chart type automatically.)

Best regards,
Ute