Bar Series

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Bar series are created for values data groupings displayed in combo charts, by setting the Series Type to Bar.

Options

Group Mode - defines the way in which the bar series groups with the previous bar series in the chart. Possible values are:

Clustered - the bar series is displayed next to the previous bar series (starts a new cluster group).
Series - the bar series is displayed in a separate depth space (starts a new series).
Stacked - the bar series is stacked on top of the previous Series, Clustered or Stacked Percent bar series.
Stacked Percent - the bar series is stacked on top of the previous Series, Clustered or Stacked bar series. The stack is scaled to 100%.

You can use the Group Mode to create cluster-stack bar charts. For example, if you have four values data groupings with Series Type set to Bar, set the first Group Mode to Series, the second Group Mode to Stacked, the third Group Mode to Cluster and the fourth Group Mode to Stacked. If there are series data groupings, the first series Grouping Mode is also important. It controls how each series data grouping is linked with the previous one.

Shape - specifies the shape of the bars. Possible values are: Bar, Cylinder, Cone, Inverted Cone, Pyramid, Inverted Pyramid, Ellipsoid, Smooth Edge Bar and Cut Edge Bar.

Edge Percent - defines the size of the edge in case the Shape is set to Smooth Edge Bar or Cut Edge Bar.

Width Percent - for series Combo chart subtype the Width Percent defines the width of the bar or bar group in percents of the space available for each category. For XY Scatter Combo chart subtype the Width Percent defines the width of the bar or bar group in percents of 1/10 of the chart width.

Depth Percent - defines the depth of the bars in the series in percents of the series size along the depth axis.

Gap Percent - controls the gap (space) between the cluster bars.

Show Connector Lines - whether to show connector lines (lines connecting adjacent bars).

Connector Lines Stroke Style - the stroke style of the connector lines.

Data Requirements

Bar series always support the Value and Label data point values. If the Combo Chart Subtype is set to XY Scatter, the first bar series with Group Mode set to Series will accept a X data point value.