Pareto chart

author(s): Sebastian Bochan

by Rajesh Danabal

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/pareto.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>

<figure class="highcharts-figure">
    <div id="container"></div>
    <p class="highcharts-description">
        A Pareto Chart is a chart type based on the Pareto principle, commonly
        used to maximize business efficiency. Highcharts can calculate the
        Pareto line automatically based on a series, as shown in this chart.
    </p>
</figure>

CSS

.highcharts-figure, .highcharts-data-table table {
    min-width: 320px; 
    max-width: 800px;
    margin: 1em auto;
}

.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: #555;
}
.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: #f8f8f8;
}
.highcharts-data-table tr:hover {
    background: #f1f7ff;
}

JavaScript

Highcharts.chart('container', {
    chart: {
        renderTo: 'container',
        type: 'column'
    },
    title: {
        text: 'Restaurants Complaints'
    },
    tooltip: {
        shared: true
    },
    xAxis: {
        categories: [
            'Overpriced',
            'Small portions',
            'Wait time',
            'Food is tasteless',
            'No atmosphere',
            'Not clean',
            'Too noisy',
            'Unfriendly staff'
        ],
        crosshair: true
    },
    yAxis: [{
        title: {
            text: ''
        }
    }, {
        title: {
            text: ''
        },
        minPadding: 0,
        maxPadding: 0,
        max: 100,
        min: 0,
        opposite: true,
        labels: {
            format: "{value}%"
        }
    }],
    series: [{
        type: 'pareto',
        name: 'Pareto',
        yAxis: 1,
        zIndex: 10,
        baseSeries: 1,
        tooltip: {
            valueDecimals: 2,
            valueSuffix: '%'
        }
    }, {
        name: 'Complaints',
        type: 'column',
        zIndex: 2,
        data: [755, 222, -151, 86, 72, 51, 36, 10]
    }]
});