Stacked Column Chart
Stacked Column Chart allows you to compare multiple measures through bars stacked one after the other vertically.
How to configure the table data to stacked column chart?
Stacked Column Chart need a minimum of 1 value element and 1 column element to showcase. The measure or expression field that you would like to analyze can be dropped into Y Values block. The dimension that you would like to categorize the measure, can be dropped onto Columns block. If you would like to categorize based on a series, then the respective dimension can be dropped onto Rows block in addition.
Follow the steps configure data to stacked column chart
Drag and drop the stacked column chart to canvas and resize it to your required size.
Click Data Source button in configuration panel.
Click CREATE NEW button to launch a new connection from connection type panel.
In the connection type panel, click any one (Here Microsoft SQL Connection type is selected for demonstration) of the listed connection type button shown.
In the NEW DATA SOURCE configuration panel, fill the connection type and related details. Click Connect button
Drag your preferred table or view from the left pane from data design view, click Save button.
Click Properties button in configuration panel, property pane opens. Now, switch to ASSIGN DATA tab.
The data tab will be opened with available measures and dimensions from the connected data source
You can add the required data from Measures and Dimensions into required field.
Adding Y Values
You can add more than one Measures into Y Values field by drag and drop the required measure.
Now the chart will be rendered like this
Click the Settings option to change required summary type from the available summary types shown in Settings.
You can Sort the data using Sort option shown under Settings menu list. To sort the measure data, refer Sort
You can filter the data to be displayed in chart by using filter. For more details, refer filter.
You can format the data to be displayed in the chart by using format option. For more details, refer measure format
To remove the added value fields click highlighted button.
You can add more than one column from Dimensions field into Y Values field.
Adding Columns
You can add more than one value into Columns field.
Chart will be rendered like this
Add more than one value to Columns field, an alert message will be shown. Click Yes to enable the option.
NOTE: If you click
No, single value will be added to theColumnsfield.
The drilled view of the chart region selected.
You can change the Settings.
You can Sort the dimension data using Sort option under Settings menu list. To apply sorting for the data, refer Sort.
You can apply filters by selecting filters option in settings. For more details, refer filter.
To show all records click on Show All Records.
Similarly you can add the Measures and Expression Columns into column field.
Adding Rows
You can drag and drop the Dimension into the Rows field.
You can apply filter and sort option for the rows field, if required.
This will render chart in series.
How to format stacked column chart?
You can format the stacked column chart for better illustration of the view that you require, through the settings available in Properties tab.
To configure data into stacked column chart follow the steps
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Drag and drop the stacked column chart into canvas and resize it to your required size.
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Configure the data into stacked column chart.
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Focus on the stacked column chart and click on widget settings.
The property window will be opened.
You can see the list of properties available for the widget with default value.
General Settings
Name
This allows you to change the title for this stacked column chart widget
Basic Settings
Chart Type
This allows you to switch the widget view from current chart type to another convertible chart type.
Enable Animation
This allows you to enable the rendering of series in animated mode.
Show Legend
A Legend is a text used to describe the data plotted. This allows you to toggle the visibility of legend in chart and also change the legend text position (selecting through combo box).
Enabling this option of Custom Legend Text will allow you to define a custom text (through the text area) to display for each legend series (selecting through the combo box) in chart.
Legend Label Color
This allows you to change the chart legend title and label colors.
Custom Legend Settings
You can customize the legend text through the Custom Legend Settings dialog. This dialog will show the legend text list as labels at left and corresponding text area at right to add the formatted text to display instead. When a column is added into Row section, this dialog will show two options Individual and Group at top in addition, to toggle between.
Individual
Selecting Individual option will allow you to define a custom text (through the text area) to display for each legend series in chart with the default format:
{{ : Row }} ({{ : Y Value }})
Where, Row represents the value of dimension column added to Rows section and Value represents the value of the measure column added to Y Values section.
Group
Enabling Group option will allow you to set the display format and define a custom text (through the text area) to display for each legend series based on the specified format.
For example, If Display Format is {{ : Row }} ({{ : Value }}), then Legend series will display like 1997(Sum of UnitInStock)
Show Value Labels
This allows you to toggle the visibility of value labels.
Value Label Color
This allows you to customize value label’s color.
Value Label Rotation
This allows you to define the rotation angle for the value labels to display.
Value Label Suffix
Allows you to enable the Suffix value text to the value labels.
Suffix Value
Allows you to set\edit suffix value to the value labels.
Filter
Act as Master Widget
This allows you to define this stacked column chart widget as a master widget such that its filter action can be made to listen by other widgets in the dashboard.
Ignore Filter Actions
This allows you to define this stacked column chart widget to ignore responding to the filter actions applied on other widgets in dashboard.
Hierarchical Filter
Through this option, you can enable/disable hierarchical top N filtering. While applying Top N filter with multiple dimension columns, the data returned can be customized based on whether the filtering need to be done as flat or based on the hierarchy of dimension columns added.
When Hierarchical Filter option is enabled, the Top N will be applied for each individual column separately based on the number set for each column.
Link
You can enable linking and configure to navigate to a general URL with or without parameters. For more details, refer Linking.
Container Appearance
Title Alignment
This allows you to handle the alignment of widget title to either left, center or right.
Title Color
This allows you to apply text color to the widget title.
Show Border
This allows you to toggle the visibility of border surrounding the widget.
Corner Radius
This allows you to apply the specified radius to the widget corners, if the Show Border is enabled. Value can be between 0 and 10.
Show Maximize
This allows you to enable/disable the maximized mode of this stacked column chart widget. The visibility of the maximize icon in widget header will be defined based on this setting in viewer.
CSV Export
This allows you to enable/disable the CSV export option for this stacked column widget. Enabling this allows you to export the summarized data of the widget view to CSV format in viewer.
Excel Export
This allows you to enable/disable the Excel export option for this stacked column widget. Enabling this allows you to export the summarized data of the widget view to (.xlsx or .xls) format in viewer.
Image Export
This allows you to enable/disable the image export option for this stacked column chart widget. Enabling this allows you to export the view of the widget to image format (.jpg), (.png), or (.bmp) in viewer.
Enable Comments
This allows you to enable/disable comment for dashboard widget. For more details refer here
Axis
This section allows you to customize the axis settings in chart.
Title color
This allows you to customize the axis title color.
Label color
This allows you to customize the axis label color.
Show Category Axis
This allows to enable the visibility of Category Axis.
Show Category Axis Title
This allows you to enable the visibility of Category Axis title.
Category Axis Title
This allows you to edit the Category Axis title for chart. It will reflect in x-axis name of chart.
Label overflow mode
This allows you to handle the display mode of the overlapping labels in the Category Axis.
Trim
This option trims the end of overlapping label in the axis.
Hide
This option hides the overlapping label in the axis.
Category Axis Label Rotation
This allows you to define the rotation angle for the category axis labels to display.
Show Primary Value Axis
This allows you to enable the Primary Value Axis for chart.
Show Primary Value Axis Title
This allows you to enable the visibility of Primary Value Axis title of chart.
Primary Value Axis Title
This allows you to edit the Primary Value Axis title. It will reflect in y-axis name of chart.
Axis Range Settings
This allows you to manually set the Minimum, Maximum and Interval values of primary value axis through the Axis Range Settings dialog.
It will reflect in the primary value axis of the chart.
Grid Lines
Primary value Axis
This allows you to enable the Primary Value Axis gridlines for the stacked column chart.
Category Axis
This allows you to enable the Category Axis gridlines for the stacked column chart.
Series Palette
This allows you to customize the chart series color through Series Palette section.
Use Default Palette
This allows you to toggle the series color between default palette and custom palette. By default, the property is toggled on and default palette will be applied to series.
By toggle off the Use Default Palette, you can customize the series colors. This section shows, list of series labels on the left-hand side and corresponding series color on the right-hand side. By clicking on the colored square, color picker will be opened. You can choose a color. And, you can also change the series color by changing the corresponding Hexadecimal value in the right-hand side.
