Highcharts - Bar Charts

Hello, this article is about how we can create a Bar chart using Highchart in js. It is used to draw area based charts. Bar chart showing horizontal columns. This chart type is often beneficial for smaller screens, as the user can scroll through the data vertically, and axis labels are easy to read.

CDN for using High chart

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/export-data.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/accessibility.js"></script>

Create a HTML file i.e, Barchart.html and use below code-

<figure class="highcharts-figure">
    <div id="container"></div>
    <p class="highcharts-Brahmadescription">
       Example of Basic Bar chart.
    </p>
</figure>

Now, create a CSS file for styling of the Bar chart.

.highcharts-figure,
.highcharts-data-table table {
    min-width: 310px;
    max-width: 800px;
    margin: 1em auto;
}

#container {
    height: 400px;
}

.highcharts-data-table table {
    font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
    border-collapse: collapse;
    border: 1px solid #ebebeb;
    margin: 10px auto;
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 500px;
}

.highcharts-data-table caption {
    padding: 1em 0;
    font-size: 1.2em;
    color: blue;
}

.highcharts-data-table th {
    font-weight: 600;
    padding: 0.5em;
}

.highcharts-data-table td,
.highcharts-data-table th,
.highcharts-data-table caption {
    padding: 0.5em;
}

.highcharts-data-table thead tr,
.highcharts-data-table tr:nth-child(even) {
    background: black;
}

.highcharts-data-table tr:hover {
    background: yellow;
}

After that, create a JS file for showing data in Bar chart.

Highcharts.chart('container', {
    chart: {
        type: 'bar'
    },
    title: {
        text: 'Students in XYZ School'
    },
    subtitle: {
        text: 'Created By Brahma Prakash Shukla'
    },
    xAxis: {
        categories: ['B.Tech', 'Pharmacy', 'BCA', 'MCA', 'M.Tech'],
        title: {
            text: null
        }
    },
    yAxis: {
        min: 0,
        title: {
            text: 'Students',
            align: 'high'
        },
        labels: {
            overflow: 'justify'
        }
    },
    tooltip: {
        valueSuffix: ' millions'
    },
    plotOptions: {
        bar: {
            dataLabels: {
                enabled: true
            }
        }
    },
    legend: {
        layout: 'vertical',
        align: 'right',
        verticalAlign: 'top',
        x: -40,
        y: 80,
        floating: true,
        borderWidth: 1,
        backgroundColor:
            Highcharts.defaultOptions.legend.backgroundColor || 'blue',
        shadow: true
    },
    credits: {
        enabled: false
    },
    series: [{
        name: 'Year 1990',
        data: [631, 727, 3202, 721, 26]
    }, {
        name: 'Year 2000',
        data: [814, 841, 3714, 726, 31]
    }, {
        name: 'Year 2010',
        data: [1044, 944, 4170, 735, 40]
    }, {
        name: 'Year 2018',
        data: [1276, 1007, 4561, 746, 42]
    }]
});

Now, your chart will look like this -

Bar Charts using highcharts

Another example Of Bar Chart -

<html>
   <head>
      <title>Bar Chart Example</title>
      <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js">
      </script>
      <script src = "https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>  
   </head>
   
   <body>
      <div id = "container" style = "width: 600px; height: 500px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
      <script language = "JavaScript">
         $(document).ready(function() {  
            var chart = {
               type: 'bar'
            };
            var title = {
               text: 'Animals In Delhi ZOO'   
            };
            var subtitle = {
               text: 'Brahma Prakash Shukla'  
            };
            var xAxis = {
               categories: ['Elephant', 'Lion', 'Tiger', 'Monkey', 'Horse'],
               title: {
                  text: null
               }
            };
            var yAxis = {
               min: 0,
               title: {
                  text: 'No. Of Animals',
                  align: 'high'
               },
               labels: {
                  overflow: 'justify'
               }
            };
            var tooltip = {
               valueSuffix: ' millions'
            };
            var plotOptions = {
               bar: {
                  dataLabels: {
                     enabled: true
                  }
               }
            };
            var legend = {
               layout: 'vertical',
               align: 'right',
               verticalAlign: 'top',
               x: -40,
               y: 100,
               floating: true,
               borderWidth: 1,
               
               backgroundColor: (
                  (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.legendBackgroundColor) ||
                     '#FFFFFF'),
               shadow: true
            };
            var credits = {
               enabled: false
            };
            var series = [
               {
                  name: 'Year 1800',
                  data: [107, 31, 635, 203, 2]
               }, 
               {
                  name: 'Year 1900',
                  data: [133, 156, 947, 408, 6]
               }, 
               {
                  name: 'Year 2008',
                  data: [973, 914, 4054, 732, 34]      
               }
            ];
      
            var json = {};   
            json.chart = chart; 
            json.title = title;   
            json.subtitle = subtitle; 
            json.tooltip = tooltip;
            json.xAxis = xAxis;
            json.yAxis = yAxis;  
            json.series = series;
            json.plotOptions = plotOptions;
            json.legend = legend;
            json.credits = credits;
            $('#container').highcharts(json);
         });
      </script>
   </body>
   
</html>

Your Bar chart will look like this -

Bar Charts using highcharts

Hopefully, this article helps you in creating a Bar chart .In other articles, I will also expalin different types of charts using highchart.

Thanks