Bar Chart Overview

Vizlib Bar Chart is a highly customizable, supported and easy-to-use extension for Qlik Sense which provides features such as grouped bars, stacked bars, and overlapping bars to better compare and visualize quantitative data across a set of dimensions. Supporting either two dimensions and one metric, or one dimension and multiple metrics, Vizlib Bar Chart is your go-to extension to create compelling dashboards and charts based on your own data. Vizlib Bar Chart vastly extends the standard capabilities of Qlik Sense, allowing you to focus on creating compelling visualizations and dashboards without writing a single line of JavaScript code.

Vizlib Bar Chart features include

  • Fully customizable Multi-Bar Chart with rich formatting options.

  • Choose between Stacked, Grouped and Overlapping Bars

  • Wide selection of symbols as data point representations.

  • Ability to add reference lines for both the x and the y-axis or benchmark bars for metrics.

  • Horizontal and Vertical Display Mode

  • Support for Alternative Dimensions & Measures

  • Full interactivity support and ability to turn native functionality off

  • Option to accumulate metric values over the x-axis.

  • Support for Alternate States

Vizlib Bar Chart is part of the Vizlib Library product suite, you can find out more about Library by watching our product demonstration. You can also download the product catalogue here.

We've organized our documents into several categories, and to make them easy to find, we've included keywords in the document title.

This topic contains the following sections:

Introduction

This page helps you get started with Vizlib Bar Chart and explains where to find the information you need.

If you're new to our products, why not watch our video on getting started with Vizlib here?

You can find the latest version of Vizlib Bar Chart on our User Portal in the Library section of the Downloads page. The software includes an installation file and a demo app showing you how Vizlib Bar Chart works, and you can visit our Demo Apps Gallery where you can search for examples to get your started.

Guides

Guides are articles which contain technical information relating to Vizlib Bar Chart.

Vizlib products all have the same installation process, and there are installation guides for Qlik Sense server and desktop.

Properties

Properties articles contain information on the Property Panel, which you use in the Qlik Sense Hub to manage functions for Vizlib Bar Chart. These articles cover subjects like Dimensions, Measures, Data Handling and Sorting, Reference Lines, Appearance, Viztips and Tooltips and Interactivity and Alternate States.

Troubleshooting

We've compiled a Best Practice and Troubleshooting article to help you get the most out of working with Vizlib Bar Chart, as well as updating you on any limitations or known issues.

Changelog

The Changelog contains details for each release of Vizlib Bar Chart, such as new features and bug fixes. You can find the changelog here, and you can sign up to receive notifications of new releases for all Vizlib products here.

Examples

Figure 1 and Figure 2 show selections being made in a bar chart.

Figure 1: Bar Chart Selection Vertical

Figure 2: Bar Chart Selection Vertical

Related Articles: