Horizontal bars, side by side, measured from a common zero baseline. Use it for rankings and for categories with long names or many members, for example net sales by store. Use a Clustered column when there are few categories with short names, or a period axis.

Build a sales ranking

1. In Components → Charts → Column & bar, click Clustered bar, then click the canvas. A new chart is 400 × 300 px.
2. In Data, choose an Analysis model and fill the field groups. Click Back after each selection.
3. Set Filters to a defined period, such as Year = 2025.
4. Sort with the Y-axis field's More function menu so the largest value appears where readers expect it; see Sorting.

Field group	Example	Purpose
Y-axis	Region	One row of bars per member.
Legend	Product Category	Optional. One bar per member inside each row.
Measures	Net Sales	One or more measures to compare.
Tooltips	Order Count	Extra values in the tooltip; not drawn.

With several measures, Legend and Color are not available; each measure gets its own colour. Use a Combo for an amount and a rate.

Settings specific to bars

On bar charts the X axis is the value axis and the Y axis holds the category names.

Group → option	Effect	Default
Bar → Space (%)	Gap between rows, as a share of the row height (5–90).	50
Bar → Round corners	None, 2px … 64px.	None
Bar → Right margin	Space in px to the right of the plot. Empty = automatic; 0 = no margin.	Empty (Auto)
Data labels → Position	Inside left, Center, Inside right, Right.	Inside left
X axis → Scale	Tick unit: Auto, K, M, B, T, %.	Auto
X axis → X-axis min value, X-axis max value	Fixed bounds. Empty = automatic, from 0.	Empty
Y axis → Label width	Width of the category labels (40–800 px); longer names are cut off with "..."; increase it or the chart width.	50 px
Y axis → Show axis name, Axis name	Category-axis title. Empty = the Y-axis field.	On

• With Position = Right, the automatic right margin is sized from the widest formatted label, so long labels are not cut off at the edge. If labels overlap the right edge or the scrollbar, clear Right margin so it is sized automatically.
• Labels inside bars that do not fit are hidden. With the default Inside left, labels of short bars can disappear; choose Right when many bars are short.
• Data labels → Display units is Auto for new charts. Font, decimals and the remaining options are as on the Clustered column.

The value axis always includes 0, fixed bounds are ignored when the minimum is not less than the maximum, and hiding a series rescales the axis; see Value axis. Switching to a column chart moves the axis settings to the matching axis; see Switch between column and bar charts.

Opening reports made before 10.00

• X axis → Scale used to be ignored on bar charts; a unit saved in an old report now takes effect.
• Right margin = 0 now removes the margin, and clearing the box returns to automatic spacing immediately.
• Automatic value axes now start at 0, and labels inside bars that do not fit are hidden.

Related: Stacked column and bar · 100% stacked column and bar · Clustered column · Component filters