Make a Choropleth Map with Chart Studio and Excel
Choropleth Maps with Chart Studio
Upload your Excel data to Chart Studio's grid
Open the data file for this tutorial in Excel. You can download the file here in CSV format
Head to Chart Studio
Head to the Chart Studio Workspace and sign into your free Chart Studio account. Go to 'Import', click 'Upload a file', then choose your Excel file to upload. Your Excel file will now open in Chart Studio's grid. For more about Chart Studio's grid, see this tutorial
Creating Your Chart
Head to the 'MAKE A PLOT' dropdown and select 'Choropleth map.'In this case, we'll only need the 'USA State Abbreviations' and total export value. Set the state abbreviations as 'l' and total export value as 'v.'
Your plot would initially look something like this. You aren't too far from being done now.
The color scheme automatically generated by Chart Studio can be changed within the TRACES popover. Head to the 'style' dropdown, and select your ideal scale.
Finalizing Your Graph
We’ve titled our chart. You can too. We came up with '2011 U.S. Agriculture Exports by State.' Also, you can title your color bar. It is in 'Millions of USD.'
You can download your finished Chart Studio graph to embed in your Excel workbook. We also recommend including the Chart Studio link to the graph inside your Excel workbook for easy access to the interactive Chart Studio version. Get the link to your graph by clicking the 'Share' button. Download an image of your Chart Studio graph by clicking EXPORT on the toolbar.
To add the Excel file to your workbook, click where you want to insert the picture inside Excel. On the INSERT tab inside Excel, in the ILLUSTRATIONS group, click PICTURE. Locate the Chart Studio graph image that you downloaded and then double-click it. Notice that we also copy-pasted the Chart Studio graph link in a cell for easy access to the interactive Chart Studio version.
