Stacked and grouped column

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

by Rambabu Pudi

HTML

<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>

<figure class="highcharts-figure">
    <div id="container"></div>
    <p class="highcharts-description">
        Chart showing stacked columns with grouping, allowing specific series to
        be stacked on the same column. Stacking is often used to visualize
        data that accumulates to a sum.
    </p>
</figure>

<button id='download-data'>EXPORT TO CSV</button>

CSS

.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: #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

// Data retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games
var chartData = Highcharts.chart('container', {

    chart: {
        type: 'column'
    },

    title: {
        text: 'Forecast Review and explanation',
        align: 'left'
    },

    xAxis: {
        categories: ['W1', 'W2', 'W3', 'W4', 'W5', 'W6', 'W7', 'W8', 'W9', 'W10']
    },
    yAxis: [{ // Primary yAxis
        labels: {
            style: {
                color: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[1]
            }
        },
        title: {
            text: 'Forecast (Units)',
            style: {
                color: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[1]
            }
        }
    }, { // Secondary yAxis
        title: {
            text: 'Weather',
            style: {
                color: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[0]
            }
        },
        labels: {
            format: '{value} °C',
            style: {
                color: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[0]
            }
        },
        opposite: true
    },{ // Secondary yAxis
        title: {
            text: 'Precipitation'
        },
        labels: {
            format: '{value} mm'
        },
        opposite: true
    },{ // Secondary yAxis
        title: {
            text: 'Event Casual'
        },
        labels: {
            format: '{value}'
        },
        opposite: true
    }],

    tooltip: {
        format: '<b>{key}</b><br/>{series.name}: {y}<br/>' +
            'Total: {point.stackTotal}'
    },

    plotOptions: {
        column: {
            stacking: 'normal'
        }
    },

    series: [{
        name: 'Forecast',
        data: [1000, 800, 950, 1150, 950, 1000, 800, 950, 1150, 950],
        showInLegend: true,
        stack: 'Forecast Review'
    }, {
        name: 'Base Demand',
        data: [500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500],
        showInLegend: true,
        stack: 'Forecast Explaination'
    }, {
        name: 'Marketing',
        data: [250, 150, 100,...