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Overlapped Column and Bar Charts

These chart types belong to FusionCharts XT.

In version 3.13.0, FusionCharts has come up with a clever and rather effective bar chart to display your data- Overlapped Charts. In this chart, the two data series overlap. The width of the plot for the data series differs which makes the chart easy to compare.

The different types of overlapped charts available in the FusionCharts Suite XT are:

  • Overlapped Column 2D Chart
  • Overlapped Bar 2D Chart

Overlapped Column 2D Chart

In this sample let's create an Overlapped Column 2D chart comparing the "Healthcare Expenditure per capita" between public and private sectors.

To create an Overlapped Column 2D chart follow the steps given below:

  • In the JSON data, set the attributes and their corresponding values in "<attributeName>": "<value>" format.

  • Specify the chart type using the type attribute. To render an overlapped column 2D chart, set overlappedColumn2D.

  • Set the container object using renderAt attribute.

  • Specify the dimension of the chart using width and height attributes.

  • Set the type of data (JSON/XML) you want to pass to the chart object using dataFormat attribute.

For a detailed list of attributes, refer to the chart attributes page of overlapped column 2D chart.

An overlapped column 2D chart looks like:

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{
    "chart": {
        "caption": "Healthcare Expenditure per capita (Public vs Private sector)",
        "subCaption": "in 2016",
        "xAxisName": "Country",
        "yAxisName": "Amount (in USD)",
        "showValues": "0",
        "theme": "fusion"
    },
    "categories": [
        {
            "category": [
                {
                    "label": "Switzerland"
                },
                {
                    "label": "USA"
                },
                {
                    "label": "Canada"
                },
                {
                    "label": "Australia"
                },
                {
                    "label": "OECD-35"
                },
                {
                    "label": "Israel"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "dataset": [
        {
            "seriesname": "Public",
            "data": [
                {
                    "value": "5038"
                },
                {
                    "value": "4860"
                },
                {
                    "value": "3341"
                },
                {
                    "value": "3190"
                },
                {
                    "value": "2937"
                },
                {
                    "value": "1702"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "seriesname": "Private",
            "data": [
                {
                    "value": "2881"
                },
                {
                    "value": "5032"
                },
                {
                    "value": "1412"
                },
                {
                    "value": "1518"
                },
                {
                    "value": "1066"
                },
                {
                    "value": "1120"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
<chart caption="Healthcare Expenditure per capita (Public vs Private sector)" subcaption="in 2016" xaxisname="Country" yaxisname="Amount (in USD)" showvalues="0" theme="fusion">
    <categories>
        <category label="Switzerland" />
        <category label="USA" />
        <category label="Canada" />
        <category label="Australia" />
        <category label="OECD-35" />
        <category label="Israel" />
    </categories>
    <dataset seriesname="Public">
        <set value="5038" />
        <set value="4860" />
        <set value="3341" />
        <set value="3190" />
        <set value="2937" />
        <set value="1702" />
    </dataset>
    <dataset seriesname="Private">
        <set value="2881" />
        <set value="5032" />
        <set value="1412" />
        <set value="1518" />
        <set value="1066" />
        <set value="1120" />
    </dataset>
</chart>
<html>
<head>
	<title>My first chart using FusionCharts Suite XT</title>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.fusioncharts.com/fusioncharts/latest/fusioncharts.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.fusioncharts.com/fusioncharts/latest/themes/fusioncharts.theme.fusion.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		FusionCharts.ready(function(){
			var chartObj = new FusionCharts({
    type: "overlappedColumn2d",
    renderAt: "chart-container",
    width: "700",
    height: "400",
    dataFormat: "json",
    dataSource: {
        "chart": {
            "caption": "Healthcare Expenditure per capita (Public vs Private sector)",
            "subCaption": "in 2016",
            "xAxisName": "Country",
            "yAxisName": "Amount (in USD)",
            "showValues": "0",
            "theme": "fusion"
        },
        "categories": [{
            "category": [{
                "label": "Switzerland"
            }, {
                "label": "USA"
            }, {
                "label": "Canada"
            }, {
                "label": "Australia"
            }, {
                "label": "OECD-35"
            }, {
                "label": "Israel"
            }]
        }],
        "dataset": [{
            "seriesname": "Public",
            "data": [{
                "value": "5038"
            }, {
                "value": "4860"
            }, {
                "value": "3341"
            }, {
                "value": "3190"
            }, {
                "value": "2937"
            }, {
                "value": "1702"
            }]
        }, {
            "seriesname": "Private",
            "data": [{
                "value": "2881"
            }, {
                "value": "5032"
            }, {
                "value": "1412"
            }, {
                "value": "1518"
            }, {
                "value": "1066"
            }, {
                "value": "1120"
            }]
        }]
    }
});
			chartObj.render();
		});
	</script>
	</head>
	<body>
		<div id="chart-container">FusionCharts XT will load here!</div>
	</body>
</html>

Click here to edit the above overlapped column 2D chart.

Overlapped Bar 2D Chart

To render an overlapped bar 2D chart, change the value of type attribute from overlappedColumn2D to overlappedBar2D. The rest of the data structure remains the same.

For a detailed list of attributes, refer to the chart attributes page of overlapped bar 2D chart.

The overlapped bar 2D chart looks like:

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{
    "chart": {
        "caption": "Major League Baseball - Season Rankings",
        "subCaption": "Teams in the Lead",
        "xAxisName": "Team",
        "yAxisName": "Position",
        "theme": "fusion",
        "showValues": "0"
    },
    "categories": [
        {
            "category": [
                {
                    "label": "Boston Red Sox"
                },
                {
                    "label": "New York Yankees"
                },
                {
                    "label": "Tampa Bay Rays"
                },
                {
                    "label": "Toronto Blue Jays"
                },
                {
                    "label": "Baltimore Orioles"
                },
                {
                    "label": "Cleveland Indians"
                },
                {
                    "label": "Detroit Tigers"
                },
                {
                    "label": "Minnesota Twins"
                },
                {
                    "label": "Chicago White Sox"
                },
                {
                    "label": "Kansas City Royals"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "dataset": [
        {
            "seriesname": "Matches",
            "data": [
                {
                    "value": "88"
                },
                {
                    "value": "84"
                },
                {
                    "value": "86"
                },
                {
                    "value": "86"
                },
                {
                    "value": "85"
                },
                {
                    "value": "85"
                },
                {
                    "value": "88"
                },
                {
                    "value": "83"
                },
                {
                    "value": "86"
                },
                {
                    "value": "86"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "seriesname": "Wins",
            "data": [
                {
                    "value": "57"
                },
                {
                    "value": "54"
                },
                {
                    "value": "42"
                },
                {
                    "value": "39"
                },
                {
                    "value": "24"
                },
                {
                    "value": "46"
                },
                {
                    "value": "38"
                },
                {
                    "value": "35"
                },
                {
                    "value": "29"
                },
                {
                    "value": "25"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
<chart caption="Major League Baseball - Season Rankings" subcaption="Teams in the Lead" xaxisname="Team" yaxisname="Position" theme="fusion" showvalues="0">
    <categories>
        <category label="Boston Red Sox" />
        <category label="New York Yankees" />
        <category label="Tampa Bay Rays" />
        <category label="Toronto Blue Jays" />
        <category label="Baltimore Orioles" />
        <category label="Cleveland Indians" />
        <category label="Detroit Tigers" />
        <category label="Minnesota Twins" />
        <category label="Chicago White Sox" />
        <category label="Kansas City Royals" />
    </categories>
    <dataset seriesname="Matches">
        <set value="88" />
        <set value="84" />
        <set value="86" />
        <set value="86" />
        <set value="85" />
        <set value="85" />
        <set value="88" />
        <set value="83" />
        <set value="86" />
        <set value="86" />
    </dataset>
    <dataset seriesname="Wins">
        <set value="57" />
        <set value="54" />
        <set value="42" />
        <set value="39" />
        <set value="24" />
        <set value="46" />
        <set value="38" />
        <set value="35" />
        <set value="29" />
        <set value="25" />
    </dataset>
</chart>
<html>
<head>
	<title>My first chart using FusionCharts Suite XT</title>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.fusioncharts.com/fusioncharts/latest/fusioncharts.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.fusioncharts.com/fusioncharts/latest/themes/fusioncharts.theme.fusion.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		FusionCharts.ready(function(){
			var chartObj = new FusionCharts({
    "type": "overlappedBar2d",
    "renderAt": "chart-container",
    "width": "600",
    "height": "500",
    "dataFormat": "json",
    "dataSource": {
        "chart": {
            "caption": "Major League Baseball - Season Rankings",
            "subCaption": "Teams in the Lead",
            "xAxisName": "Team",
            "yAxisName": "Position",
            "theme": "fusion",
            "showValues": "0"
        },
        "categories": [{
            "category": [{
                "label": "Boston Red Sox"
            }, {
                "label": "New York Yankees"
            }, {
                "label": "Tampa Bay Rays"
            }, {
                "label": "Toronto Blue Jays"
            }, {
                "label": "Baltimore Orioles"
            }, {
                "label": "Cleveland Indians"
            }, {
                "label": "Detroit Tigers"
            }, {
                "label": "Minnesota Twins"
            }, {
                "label": "Chicago White Sox"
            }, {
                "label": "Kansas City Royals"
            }]
        }],
        "dataset": [{
            "seriesname": "Matches",
            "data": [{
                "value": "88"
            }, {
                "value": "84"
            }, {
                "value": "86"
            }, {
                "value": "86"
            }, {
                "value": "85"
            }, {
                "value": "85"
            }, {
                "value": "88"
            }, {
                "value": "83"
            }, {
                "value": "86"
            }, {
                "value": "86"
            }]
        }, {
            "seriesname": "Wins",
            "data": [{
                "value": "57"
            }, {
                "value": "54"
            }, {
                "value": "42"
            }, {
                "value": "39"
            }, {
                "value": "24"
            }, {
                "value": "46"
            }, {
                "value": "38"
            }, {
                "value": "35"
            }, {
                "value": "29"
            }, {
                "value": "25"
            }]
        }]
    }
});
			chartObj.render();
		});
	</script>
	</head>
	<body>
		<div id="chart-container">FusionCharts XT will load here!</div>
	</body>
</html>

Click here to edit the above overlapped bar 2D chart.