Stacked Bar in JavaScript Chart control

08 May 2023 / 2 minutes to read

Stacked bar

To render a stacked bar series, use series type as StackingBar and inject StackingBarSeries module using Chart.Inject(StackingBarSeries) method.

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index.ts

index.html

import { Chart, StackingBarSeries, Category } from '@syncfusion/ej2-charts';
import { stackedData } from './datasource.ts';
Chart.Inject(StackingBarSeries, Category);

let chart: Chart = new Chart({
        series: [
            {
                //Series type as stacked bar
                type: 'StackingBar',
                dataSource: stackedData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y'
            }, {
                type: 'StackingBar',
                dataSource: stackedData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y1'
            }, {
               type: 'StackingBar',
                dataSource: stackedData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y2'
            }
        ],

}, '#element');

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='element'></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Stacking Group

You can use the stackingGroup property to group the stacked bar and 100% stacked bar. Columns with same group name are stacked on top of each other.

Source

Preview

index.ts

index.html

import { Chart, StackingBarSeries } from '@syncfusion/ej2-charts';
import { stackedData } from './datasource.ts';
Chart.Inject(StackingBarSeries);

let chart: Chart = new Chart({
       series: [
            {
                type: 'StackingBar',
                //Stacking group for stacked bar
                stackingGroup: 'JohnAndAndrew',
                dataSource: stackedData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y'
            }, {
                type: 'StackingBar', name: 'Andrew', stackingGroup: 'JohnAndAndrew',
                dataSource: stackedData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y1'
            }, {
               type: 'StackingBar', name: 'Thomas', stackingGroup: 'ThomasAndMichael',
               dataSource: stackedData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y2'
            }
        ],

}, '#element');

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='element'></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Series customization

The following properties can be used to customize the stacked bar series.

fill – Specifies the color of the series.
opacity – Specifies the opacity of fill.
dashArray – Specifies the dashes of series.
border – Specifies the color and width of series border.

Source

Preview

index.ts

index.html

import { Chart, StackingBarSeries } from '@syncfusion/ej2-charts';
import { stackedData } from './datasource.ts';
Chart.Inject(StackingBarSeries);

let chart: Chart = new Chart({
   series: [
        {
            type: 'StackingBar', name: 'John',
            //Stacking group for stacked bar
            stackingGroup: 'JohnAndAndrew', dashArray: '2.2',
            dataSource: stackedData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y', border: { width: 2, color: 'red' }
        }, {
            type: 'StackingBar', name: 'Andrew', stackingGroup: 'JohnAndAndrew', dashArray: '2.2',
            dataSource: stackedData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y1', border: { width: 2, color: 'grey' }
        }, {
           type: 'StackingBar', name: 'Thomas', stackingGroup: 'ThomasAndMichael', dashArray: '2.2',
           dataSource: stackedData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y2', border: { width: 2, color: 'lime' }
        }
    ],

}, '#element');

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='element'></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Stacked Bar in JavaScript Chart control

Stacked bar

Stacking Group

Series customization

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