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Overview

A Horizontal Stacked Bar Chart combines two structural variations of the Bar Chart: horizontal orientation and stacked rendering (multiple Measures combined into segments within each bar). The total length of each bar is the sum of its stacked Measures; segments show how that total breaks down. Configuration matches the Bar Chart entirely; only the rendering differs in two compounded ways.

Horizontal Stacked Bar Charts are authored from Lens → Design → Chart Designer → Visualization → Horizontal Stacked Bar Chart. A 3D variant is available via the 3D Horizontal Stacked Bar Chart icon adjacent to the standard Horizontal Stacked Bar Chart icon. This page documents the chart’s rendering-specific behavior; for property and column configuration, see the Bar Chart PD reference.

When to use it

  • Show the composition of a total across categorical values where long category labels favor horizontal layout.
  • Compare both the totals and the part-to-whole relationships within them, in a layout that reads top-to-bottom.
  • Visualize multiple Measures against the same Dimension on wide Dashboards where vertical bars feel cramped.
  • Ranking visualizations where the bar total drives the order and the composition is part of the story.
  • A 3D rendering of the same Horizontal Stacked Bar Chart is desired for presentation purposes.

Relationship to other Bar Chart variants

The Horizontal Stacked Bar Chart inherits behavior from both Horizontal Bar Chart (orientation) and Stacked Bar Chart (rendering). It does not re-document either.

Bar ChartAll Properties and Columns customization: Title, Legend Position, Zooming and Panning, Tooltip Options, X-Axis, Y-Axis, Multi-Axis, Bar Shape, Background, Label Position, Padding, Cumulative Data, Randomized Color, Adhoc Report, and the per-column Tool Tip, Outline, Gradient, Label Rotation.Bar Chart PD
Horizontal Bar ChartX-Axis and Y-Axis similar to that of the Horizontal Bar Chart.Horizontal Bar Chart PD
Stacked Bar ChartMulti-Measure rendering where Measures stack into segments within each bar; bar total = sum of stacked Measures.Stacked Bar Chart PD
This articleCombination of the two, horizontal orientation plus stacked rendering, applied together.—

Key behaviors

Two compounded rendering variations. The Horizontal Stacked Bar Chart is functionally identical to the Bar Chart with two differences applied together: bars run horizontally and multiple Measures stack into segments (rather than rendering side-by-side).

Measure color distinguishes segments. Each Measure column on the Columns tab carries its own color. Stacked segments inherit those colors so viewers can identify which Measure is which. With Randomized Color on (Properties tab), segment colors become unpredictable, explicit per-Measure colors are typically preferable for legibility.

2D and 3D render the same Chart. The Horizontal Stacked Bar Chart icon and the 3D Horizontal Stacked Bar Chart icon switch the rendering mode of the same Chart without changing data, Dimension/Measure assignments, or configured properties.

Multiple Measures expected. Stacked rendering needs at least two Measure columns to show the stacking visually. A single-Measure chart will be visually identical to a regular Horizontal Bar Chart.

Picking among Bar variants. Bar Chart: side-by-side bars per Measure (good for direct value comparison). Stacked Bar Chart: composition shown as vertical stacks (good for parts-of-a-total). Horizontal Bar Chart: orientation for long labels or wide layouts. Horizontal Stacked Bar Chart: composition + horizontal layout combined.