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Bar Chart

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New in Atfinity 17.

The <barChart> tag compares values across categories. With several <series> the bars of each category are drawn side by side. To stack them instead, use <stackedBarChart>.

See Charts for the data model, sizing and the attributes shared by all charts.

Example

<barChart width="16cm" height="6cm" showValues="true" categoryRotation="45" legend="none">
  <valueAxis min="0" max="100" step="25" suffix="%" label="Completion"/>
  <categoryAxis label="Onboarding step" maxLabelChars="16"/>
  {% for step in steps %}
  <bar label="{{ step.name }}" value="{{ step.completion }}"/>
  {% endfor %}
</barChart>

Attributes

<barChart>

orientation (optional) \ vertical or horizontal. Defaults to vertical. Horizontal bars are easier to read when the category labels are long.

stacked (optional) \ true stacks the series instead of placing them side by side. Defaults to false. <stackedBarChart> is the same thing with a clearer name.

color (optional) \ A single colour for all bars, used when the chart has only one series, e.g. color="hex(0x186C95)".

barWidth (optional) \ Maximum thickness of a single bar in pt. Defaults to 36. Bars never get wider than this, no matter how few categories there are.

barSpacing, groupSpacing (optional) \ Space between the bars of one category and between the categories themselves.

showValues (optional) \ true writes the value on every bar. Defaults to false.

valuePosition (optional) \ outside, inside or none. Defaults to outside for plain bars. Labels that do not fit their bar are left out.

grid (optional) \ none, horizontal, vertical or both. Defaults to horizontal. The lines always follow the value axis, so a horizontal chart draws them vertically.

gridColor, gridDash, axisColor (optional) \ Appearance of the grid and the axis lines, e.g. gridDash="2 2".

categoryRotation (optional) \ Rotates the category labels by this many degrees, -90 to 90. Space for them is reserved automatically.

maxCategories (optional) \ Maximum number of categories, 1 to 50. Defaults to 12. The rest is added up into one Other category, per series, so every column stays consistent.

maxSeries (optional) \ Maximum number of series, 1 to 12. Defaults to 6. The rest is added up into one grey Other series.

<valueAxis> (optional)

min, max, step \ Bounds and tick spacing of the value axis. All three accept auto, which is the default: the axis starts at zero and extends below it only when the data contains negative values.

suffix \ Appended to every axis tick, e.g. suffix="%".

label \ Title written along the axis.

<categoryAxis> (optional)

label \ Title written under, or next to, the category axis.

rotation \ Same as categoryRotation on the chart, and takes precedence over it.

maxLabelChars \ Overrides maxLabelChars for the category labels only.

<series>

label \ Name of the series, used in the legend. A series without a label is left out of the legend.

color (optional) \ Overrides the colour from the palette.

<point> and <bar>

label \ The category this value belongs to.

value \ The value. An empty value counts as 0.

color (optional) \ Overrides the colour for this bar.

Use <bar> directly inside <barChart> when there is only one set of values, and <point> inside a <series> when there are several. Mixing the two is an error.