Column/Bar charts | Inforiver

1. Basic column charts

Axis parameter - Quarter
Values parameter - 2022 Actuals, 2022 Plan, 2021 Actuals
Chart type - Overlapped column
Compares the actuals with the previous year's actuals and plan.

2. Special charts

3. IBCS chart

Axis parameter - Month
Values parameter - 2022 Actuals, 2021 Actuals, 2022 Plan
Chart type - Integrated variance column
Plots the AC/PY/PL/FC measures and plots the relative variance for PY and PL as per IBCS.

4. Canvas settings for bar charts

4.1. Border

Define borders for bar charts with the Border option under Canvas settings. Set a custom width and border color.

4.2. Transparency

Set the transparency for bar charts. When you increase the transparency factor, you can enable the Match color toggle. The border color will align with the bar color when the toggle is enabled.

5. On-object interactions for bar charts

Let's look at on-object customizations for the bar chart.

5.1. Changing the measure

When you have a multi-measure bar chart, you can click on a particular bar and choose the measure.

5.2. Changing the fill pattern

You can choose between solid, outlined, and hatched measure fill patterns. This feature can be used to depict the previous year and forecast bars.

5.3. Changing the bar color

You can choose a custom color for the bars. The bar color is reflected in the title as well.

5.4. Enabling and disabling the data label

You can enable or disable the data labels for a particular measure.

5.5. Navigate to measure management

5.6. Navigate to measure series

You can open the measure series configuration to:

Change the chart type to an area/line/bar for a particular measure.
Change the y-axis (Y-axis 1 or Y-axis 2) on which a measure is plotted.
Show or hide measures