Please enable JavaScript to view this site.

Navigation: Using PHPRunner > Charts > Chart types

Column/Bar charts

Scroll Prev Next More

Description

A Column/Bar chart is a chart with rectangular bars. The height/length of the bars is proportional to the magnitudes/frequencies of the data they represent.

 

The Column chart has vertical bars. With Column charts, the categories are typically organized along the horizontal axis and values - along the vertical axis.

 

The Bar chart has horizontal bars. With Bar charts, the categories are typically organized along the vertical axis and values - along the horizontal axis.

 

Consider using a Bar chart when:

 

the axis labels are long;

the values represent durations.

 

You can create single-series (one Data series field and Label field selected) or multi-series (two or more Data series fields selected) Column/Bar charts.

Chart settings

Chart 3D - this option allows building a 3D (three-dimensional) chart. With this option disabled, a 2D (two-dimensional) chart is built.

Chart stacked - this option allows building a stacked chart where a single bar on the chart shows more than one category of data. The stacked chart requires two or more Data series fields selected.

Examples

Sample data table:

 

Make

Sales2004

Sales2005

Audi

10000

14000

BMW

14000

15000

Volvo

10000

9000

A 3D column chart

In this example, we chose Sales2005 as the Data Series field, Make as the Label field.

chart_bars

A stacked column chart

In this example, we chose Sales2004 and Sales2005 as the Data Series fields, Make as the Label field.

chart_column_stacked

Other chart types:

Pie/Doughnut charts

Accumulation chart

Line chart

Gauge chart

Bubble chart

Area chart

Financial OHLC/Candlestick charts

Combined charts

See also:

Creating charts

A list of chart types

Chart parameters

Chart appearance

Using SQL to shape chart data

 

Created with Help+Manual 7 and styled with Premium Pack Version 3 © by EC Software