19 How to Create Bar Chart in Qlik Sense

In this #qliksense tutorial video I have talked about how to create bar chart in qliksense. Bar chart is the most basic chart used every report and here in this video I have shown you how you can create bar chart in qliksense.

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Bar chart
The bar chart is suitable for comparing multiple values. The dimension axis shows the category items that are compared, and the measure axis shows the value for each category item.

You can make more complex comparisons of data by using grouped or stacked bars. This requires using two dimensions and one measure.

When to use it
Grouping and stacking bars makes it easy to visualize grouped data. The bar chart is also useful when you want to compare values side by side, for example sales compared to forecast for different years, and when the measures (in this case sales and forecast) are calculated using the same unit.

Advantages: The bar chart is easy to read and understand. You get a good overview of values when using bar charts.

Disadvantages: The bar chart does not work so well with many dimension values due to the limitation of the axis length. If the dimensions do not fit, you can scroll using the scroll bar, but then you might not get the full picture.

Creating a bar chart
You can create a bar chart on the sheet you are editing.

Do the following:

From the assets panel, drag an empty bar chart to the sheet.
Click Add dimension and select a dimension or a field.
Click Add measure and select a measure or create a measure from a field.
In a bar chart you need at least one dimension and one measure.

You can include up to two dimensions and one measure, or one dimension and up to 15 measures in a bar chart. Each bar corresponds to a dimension, and the values of the measures determine the height/length of the bars.

Display limitations
Displaying large numbers of dimension values
When the number of dimension values exceeds the width of the visualization, a mini chart with a scroll bar is displayed. You can scroll by using the scroll bar in the mini chart, or, depending on your device, by using the scroll wheel or by swiping with two fingers. When a large number of values are used, the mini chart no longer displays all the values. Instead, a condensed version of the mini chart (with the items in gray) displays an overview of the values, but the very low and the very high values are still visible.

[kumarshubham]

hello your tutorials are really helpful.
can u please explain how did you create the master dimensions...what calculations it contains etc.

[manikapanwar]

How to change the background of the chart?