Bar Charts

Each data element in a linear series is described by an X,Y coordinate. The data series defines how to draw the coordinate on the grid. The <apex:barSeries> charts draw bars stretching between an origin axis and the X,Y coordinates. The orientation attribute determines whether the origin axis is the left axis (Y) or the bottom axis (X). Set <apex:barSeries orientation="horizontal"> for bars that originate on the left side of the chart, and <apex:barSeries orientation="vertical"> for a column chart with bars that rise from the bottom of the chart.

To plot multiple data points for each bar interval, group or stack the bars within a single <apex:barSeries> tag. Multiple <apex:barSeries> tags in a single chart draw on top of each other, obscuring all but the last data series. To create a vertical column chart, add all fields to be grouped or stacked to the yField attribute:

By default, data fields in an <apex:barSeries> are grouped on a chart. To stack them on top of each other, set stacked="true".

Use the gutter attribute to adjust spacing between grouped bars. Use the groupGutter attribute to adjust spacing between groups. Use the xPadding and yPadding attributes to adjust the spacing between the chart axes and the bars themselves.

By default, legend titles for stacked or grouped bar charts use the names of fields in the yField attribute. In the previous example, the default titles are “data1”, “data2”, and “data3”. To give the legend more meaningful titles, use the title attribute of the <apex:barSeries> component. Use commas to separate items. For example, title="MacDonald,Promas,Worle":