A column chart
allows you to compare values for a set of unordered items across categories using vertical bars that are arranged horizontally.
A Column chart
requires at least one value element and one column element in order to be displayed. The measure column or expression column that you want to analyze can be placed in the values block. The dimension column that you want to use to categorize the measure column can be placed in the columns block. If you want to categorize based on a series column, then the corresponding dimension column can also be placed in the rows block. These blocks are combined in the Data pane.
The following steps explains the data configuration of column chart:
Drag and drop the icon for the column chart control
from the toolbox into the design panel. You can locate the control in the toolbox by searching for it.
Please resize the widget as necessary.
Click the Data Source
button in the configuration panel.
Click the CREATE NEW
button to initiate a new connection from the connection type panel.
In the connection type panel, click on any one of the listed connection type buttons. (Here, the Microsoft Excel
connection type is selected for demonstration.)
In the NEW DATA SOURCE
configuration panel, fill in the connection type and related details. Then, click the Preview & Connect
button.
Please drag and drop your preferred table or view from the left pane in the data design view, and then click the Save
button.
Please click the Properties icon
in the configuration panel.
The properties
panel of the widget will be displayed as shown in the screenshot below.
Now, switch to the ASSIGN DATA
tab.
The ASSIGN DATA
tab will be opened with the available columns from the connected data source.
To bind a column, drag and drop the element from the sections to the values
section.
IMPORTANT:
- The field added in this section will act as a measure value.
- This section is mandatory for the widget visualization, and an unlimited number of fields can be configured in it.
You can filter
and format
the data displayed in the widget from the options in the settings menu. To open the settings menu
, click the settings icon
.
The following screenshots show the various options in the settings menu, which are based on the type of field configured in the type section.
The field names that have been configured can be edited by utilizing the Rename
option which is available in the settings menu.
You can change the aggregation type of the measure section from the settings menu, as shown in the following screenshot. Please refer to this section for more details.
You can change the values by selecting the Filter option and using Filters
. For more details, refer to the Measure filter and dimension filter.
To remove the added value fields, click on the highlighted button.
Please drag and drop the elements from the sections into the columns.
IMPORTANT:
- The field added in this section will function as a dimension value.
- It is an optional section, and adding more than one value will enable drill down.
You are able to change the settings
.
The field names that have been configured can be edited by using the Rename
option provided in the settings menu.
You can sort the dimension data using the Sort
option in the Settings menu. To apply sorting to the data, refer to the Sort.
You can apply a filter by selecting the Filter(s)
option in the settings. For more details, refer to the filter.
The chart will be displayed in this manner.
Similarly, you can add the Measures
and Expression Columns
into the column field.
Please drag and drop the elements from the sections to the Row
.
You can configure the tooltip section
to display additional information in the widget’s tooltip without impacting the visualization. Please refer to this section for further details on how to configure the tooltip fields.
You can format the column chart to better illustrate the view you require using the settings available in the Properties
tab.
This feature allows you to set the title
for the column chart widget.
This allows you to set the subtitle
for this column chart widget.
This feature enables you to set a description
for the column chart widget.
This option enables you to toggle the visibility of the tooltip in the chart.
It animates the measure values when you toggle the Enable Animation.
This feature enables you to toggle the visibility of value labels.
If you Disable Show Value Labels
properties, the dependent properties, which are color, Value label position, Value label rotation and Value label suffix will be hidden.
This allows you to customize the color of the value label.
This option allows you to customize the position of the value label in the chart. By default, it is set to ‘Auto,’ so the label position for the column chart will be set to the Top.
This allows you to define the rotation angle for the value labels
to be displayed.
This option allows you to increase or decrease the width of the column by using the Column Width
.
This option allows you to increase or decrease the space between the columns by using the Column Spacing
.
A legend is a text used to describe the plotted data. This allows you to toggle the visibility of the legend in the chart and also change the position of the legend text by selecting through a combo box.
Enabling the Custom Legend Text option will allow you to define custom text (using the text area) to display for each legend series (selected through the combo box) in the chart.
The chart’s legend interactivity
option allows you to control the behavior of the chart legends. This option provides the ability to make chart legends non-clickable, which can be particularly useful in situations where you do not want users to be able to hide or show series data by clicking on the legend. This feature might also be beneficial when presenting crucial data that should always be visible for accuracy and context.
Disabling the Interactivity feature in the Legend Settings category prevents you from clicking on the legends.
Enabling the Interactivity feature in the Legend Settings category allows you to click on the legends.
This allows you to change the chart legend title and label colors.
A Legend is a text used to describe the data plotted. This option allows you to place the legend at the position of Left, Right, Top, and Bottom.
The Legend Alignment allows you to adjust the alignment of the legend within its designated area. You can choose from four alignment options: Near, Center, Far, and None.
For further legend’s placement details are in the below table.
Alignment | Description |
Near | Aligns the legend to the start (top or left, depending on position). |
Center | Positions the legend in the middle of the available space. |
Far | Aligns the legend to the end (bottom or right, depending on position). |
None | Leaves the legend unaligned, allowing default rendering. |
This enhancement allows users to control both the position and alignment of the legend, providing greater flexibility in customizing the chart’s appearance to meet specific design or layout needs.
When Position is set to Auto
and Alignment is set to None
, the legend will be displayed as shown in the image below.
When Position is set to Top
and Alignment is set to Near
, the legend will be displayed as shown in the image below.
You can similarly customize position and alignment in various scenarios.
This allows you to change the shape of the legend.
Circle
This option allows you to change the shape of the legend to a Circle.
Series Type
This option allows you to change the shape of the legend in Series.
This allows you to add the legend title for the chart, which will be reflected with the Show Legend
option.
This option allows you to customize the legend text based on the value of the Text Width
property.
None
This option allows you to render legend items without wrapping or trimming them.
Trim
This option allows you to trim the legend items if their legend exceeds the value of Text Width
.
Wrap
This option enables you to wrap legend items according to the value of Text Width
.
This option allows you to set the maximum width for the Legend Items, and it is applicable only if text-overflow is set to Trim or Wrap.
If you uncheck the Show Legend
property in the property panel, the dependent properties, which are Legend color, Legend position, customization button and Legend title are also hidden.
NOTE: In a single series, the legend will not be visible.
This option enables you to format the values of the primary and secondary axes using the provided formatting details accessed through the Format button. For more information, please refer to this measure format.
This section allows you to customize the axis settings in the chart.
This enables you to personalize the color of the axis title.
This feature allows you to customize the color of the axis labels.
This feature allows you to toggle the visibility of the category axis.
If you disable the Show Category Axis
option, dependencies properties, which are Show axis title, Axis title text, Trim overflow mode, Trim axis labels, Label Rotation and Auto Interval option, will be hidden.
This allows you to edit the category axis title for chart. It will reflect in x-axis name of chart.
If we uncheck the Show Axis Title
property, the property for the Axis title text box will be hidden.
This feature enables you to manage the display mode of the overlapping labels on the category axis.
This option trims the end of the overlapping label on the axis.
This option trims the end of the overlapping label on the axis.
This option allows you to trim the axis labels based on the value of the Maximum Label Width
property.
This option allows you to set a maximum width for the axis labels, and it can also be customized when the trim axis label
option is enabled.
This allows you to define the rotation angle for displaying the category axis labels.
By default, the Auto Interval
property is enabled. The Auto Interval property is used to automatically set intervals based on the number of data points for category axis labels. If the user wants to customize the interval, they need to disable the auto interval and set the desired interval.
This allows you to enable the primary value axis for the chart.
If you disable the Show Primary Axis
option, dependencies properties, which are Axis title, Axis title text, Axis type and Axis Format properties will be hidden.
This allows you to edit the title of the primary value axis, which will be reflected as the name of the y-axis in the chart.
By default, the chart axis shows positive values at the top and negative values at the bottom. However, there are times when we need to invert the axis and display the negative values at the top and positive values at the bottom. For example, when we bind temperature data to the chart and want to display the negative values at the top, we can utilize this property.
Enabling this property will result in the display of negative values at the top of the chart and positive values at the bottom.
This enables you to modify the axis type in the column chart.
This option enables you to set the type of axis as linear.
This option allows you to handle the logarithmic axis that uses a logarithmic scale, which is very useful in visualizing data with values of both lower and higher orders of magnitude (e.g., 10-6 and 106).
This allows you to manually set the minimum, maximum, and interval values of the primary value axis through the Axis Range Settings dialog.
It will be reflected in the primary value axis of the chart.
This feature enables you to dynamically set the minimum, maximum, and interval values of the primary value axis through the Axis Range Settings
dialog, using the dashboard parameter values. Only number-type dashboard parameter values are permitted in the axis range properties. It is possible to create multiple types of dashboard parameters.
For more details about dashboard parameter, refer to the Dashboard parameter documentation.
A single value is stored in this type of parameter.
Click the axis range settings dialog and enter @
in the textbox. Select the parameter value (Numeric parameter values are only allowed in the minimum, maximum, and interval).
Now, the parameter value is reflected on the chart axis.
If you want to set the same ranges in multiple cases, create the parameter value of type range. This type of parameter includes the start and end values.
Create a parameter of the range type.
Click the axis range settings dialog and enter @
in any textbox (minimum, maximum, and interval). The range parameter is split into start and end parameters. The value from the first textbox is stored in the start parameter, and the value from the second textbox is stored in the end parameter. Select the parameter value (only number type parameter values allowed).
The parameter value is reflected in the chart axis.
Create a parameter in the data source type where you can choose any field. The value of the parameter will be based on the selected field value.
Click the axis range settings dialog and enter @
in any textbox(minimum, maximum and interval). Select the parameter value.
The value of the parameter is reflected in the axis of the chart.
This option allows you to format the values for the primary and secondary axes using the formatting details provided through the Format button. For more information, please refer to the measure format.
You can toggle the visibility of each axis gridlines using the property.
This enables you to enable the gridlines for the Primary Value Axis
in the column chart.
This allows you to enable the gridlines for the Secondary Value Axis
in the column chart.
This allows you to enable the gridlines for the category axis
in the column chart.
This section enables you to personalize the font size of chart elements.
By default, the Auto Font Size
property is enabled. The Auto font size property is used to set the font size based on the resolution of the client machine viewing the dashboard. If the user wants to customize or set a fixed font size, then the user needs to disable the auto font size and set the required font size.
This sections allows you to customize the Container Appearance
for the column chart widget.
This allows you to handle the alignment of widget title to either left, center, or right.
This allows you to apply the text color
to the widget title.
By enabling Auto Font Size, the title’s font size will be adjusted automatically depending on the screen resolution.
Font Size
This allows you to apply the specified font size to the widget title if the Title Auto Font Size is disabled. The value can be between 10 and 44.
When Auto Font Size is enabled, the subtitle’s font size will be automatically adjusted according to the screen resolution.
Font Size
This allows you to apply the specified font size to the widget title if the Subtitle Auto Font Size is disabled. The value can be between 10 and 32.
When Auto Padding is enabled, the padding of the widget container will be automatically adjusted if the size of the widget varies.
Padding
This allows you to customize the padding of the widget container if the Auto Padding is disabled. The value can range from 0 to 25.
This feature allows you to toggle the visibility of the border surrounding the widget.
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.
This feature allows you to set the background image for the column chart widget.
This allows you to set the background color to the column chart widget.
This property allows you to specifies the transparency for the background color.
This feature allows you to switch the visibility of the shadow
surrounding the widget.
This section allows you to customize the container actions for the column chart widget.
This allows you to enable or disable the widget title of the column chart.
This allows you to enable or disable the maximized mode of the column chart widget. The visibility of the maximize icon in the widget header will be defined based on the setting in the viewer.
This allows you to enable or disable the CSV export option for the column chart widget. Enabling this allows you to export the summarized data of the widget view to CSV format in the viewer.
This allows you to enable or disable the Excel export option for the column chart widget. Enabling this allows you to export the summarized data of the widget view to (.xlsx or .xls)
format in the viewer.
This allows you to enable or disable the Image export
option for the column chart widget. Enabling this allows you to export the view of the widget to image format (.jpg), (.png), or (.bmp)
in the viewer.
This allows you to enable or disable the PDF export option for the column chart widget. Enabling this allows you to export the view of the widget to pdf format in the viewer.
This allows you to enable or disable comment
for the dashboard widget. For more details, refer to the Commenting Widget.
This allows you to visualize the raw data associated with a widget at runtime.
To learn more about viewing the underlying widget data, refer to the view data documentation.
This allows you to pin the widget.
We hide the widget elements based on the size of the widget for better readability.
When the chart has been placed with less than 7 columns chart Y-axis labels, Y-axis titles will be hidden.
When the chart has been placed with less than 6 rows, chart X-axis labels, X-axis titles and gridlines will be hidden.