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# YUI Library Examples: Charts Control: Stacked Bar Chart

# Charts Control: Stacked Bar Chart

This example demonstrates how to use YUI Charts Control to create a Stacked Bar Chart.

Please note: The YUI Charts Control requires Flash Player 9.0.45 or higher. The latest version of Flash Player is available at the Adobe Flash Player Download Center.

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Media Conglomerate Ad Sales Summary 2004-2007
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## Create a Stacked BarChart

When creating Bar and Column charts with multiple series, you have the ability to stack your series on top of one-another. In this example, we'll create stacked BarChart, which lets you show the absolute values of data points through their segments, as well as the total values of each series.

## Create a DataSource

First, we'll create the DataSource to populate the chart. This DataSource contains four values, a year and three sets of sales figures. YAHOO.example.annualSales = [ { year: 2004, internetsales: 246852, printsales: 2523359, tvsales: 3123493 }, { year: 2005, internetsales: 851876, printsales: 1084952, tvsales: 3166920 }, { year: 2006, internetsales: 3917246, printsales: 587151, tvsales: 2330095 }, { year: 2007, internetsales: 5318185, printsales: 307456, tvsales: 1830729 } ]; var salesData = new YAHOO.util.DataSource( YAHOO.example.annualSales ); salesData.responseType = YAHOO.util.DataSource.TYPE_JSARRAY; salesData.responseSchema = { fields: [ "year", "internetsales", "printsales", "tvsales" ] };

## Define Series Definition

We will have three series in our example, corresponding to the Internet sales, print sales, and TV sales.

var seriesDef = [ { xField: "internetsales", displayName: "Internet Sales" }, { xField: "printsales", displayName: "Print Sales" }, { xField: "tvsales", displayName: "Television Sales" } ];

## Create an Axis

Create a `NumericAxis` and set its `stackingEnabled` property to `true`. Assign a `labelFunction` to format the axis.

//used to format x axis YAHOO.example.numberToCurrency = function( value ) { return YAHOO.util.Number.format(Number(value), {prefix: "$", thousandsSeparator: ","}); } //Numeric Axis for our currency var currencyAxis = new YAHOO.widget.NumericAxis(); currencyAxis.stackingEnabled = true; currencyAxis.labelFunction = YAHOO.example.numberToCurrency;

## Create a StackedBarChart

Instantiate a `StackedBarChart` and set its `xAxis` to the `NumericAxis` you created.

var mychart = new YAHOO.widget.StackedBarChart( "chart", salesData, { series: seriesDef, yField: "year", xAxis: currencyAxis, //only needed for flash player express install expressInstall: "assets/expressinstall.swf" });

The series bars will stack from left to right rather than aligning vertically.

## Configuration for This Example

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### Charts Control Examples:

### More Charts Control Resources:

- User's Guide (external)
- API Documentation
- Cheat Sheet PDF (external)

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