What is the Graph Data Editor?

The Graph Data Editor is a special version of spreadsheet that is used to review directly the data that are plotted in a graph. This tool is useful for a variety of analytic applications, such as brushing or other forms of identifying specific data points. It also offers (sometimes) the only way to access data from those graphs, which do not plot raw values but values that have been derived, transformed, or result from specific analytic calculations, as well as values of the fitted functions. It can also be used to add additional plots of a compatible type to an existing graph.

To access the Graph Data Editor, right-click in the background of any graph, and on the shortcut menu, select Graph Data Editor, or:

Ribbon bar. Select the Format tab. In the Tools group, click Graph Data.

Classic menus. On the graph View menu or the graph Format menu, select Graph Data Editor.