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Grouped horizontal bar chart.

This is an example of a horizontally grouped bar chart. It allows you to easily see the difference between different series of data.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
/*
.chart rect {
fill: steelblue;
}
*/
.chart .legend {
fill: black;
font: 14px sans-serif;
text-anchor: start;
font-size: 12px;
}
.chart text {
fill: white;
font: 10px sans-serif;
text-anchor: end;
}
.chart .label {
fill: black;
font: 14px sans-serif;
text-anchor: end;
}
.bar:hover {
fill: brown;
}
.axis path,
.axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
</style>
<svg class="chart"></svg>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var data = {
labels: [
'resilience', 'maintainability', 'accessibility',
'uptime', 'functionality', 'impact'
],
series: [
{
label: '2012',
values: [4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42]
},
{
label: '2013',
values: [12, 43, 22, 11, 73, 25]
},
{
label: '2014',
values: [31, 28, 14, 8, 15, 21]
},]
};
var chartWidth = 300,
barHeight = 20,
groupHeight = barHeight * data.series.length,
gapBetweenGroups = 10,
spaceForLabels = 150,
spaceForLegend = 150;
// Zip the series data together (first values, second values, etc.)
var zippedData = [];
for (var i=0; i<data.labels.length; i++) {
for (var j=0; j<data.series.length; j++) {
zippedData.push(data.series[j].values[i]);
}
}
// Color scale
var color = d3.scale.category20();
var chartHeight = barHeight * zippedData.length + gapBetweenGroups * data.labels.length;
var x = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, d3.max(zippedData)])
.range([0, chartWidth]);
var y = d3.scale.linear()
.range([chartHeight + gapBetweenGroups, 0]);
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(y)
.tickFormat('')
.tickSize(0)
.orient("left");
// Specify the chart area and dimensions
var chart = d3.select(".chart")
.attr("width", spaceForLabels + chartWidth + spaceForLegend)
.attr("height", chartHeight);
// Create bars
var bar = chart.selectAll("g")
.data(zippedData)
.enter().append("g")
.attr("transform", function(d, i) {
return "translate(" + spaceForLabels + "," + (i * barHeight + gapBetweenGroups * (0.5 + Math.floor(i/data.series.length))) + ")";
});
// Create rectangles of the correct width
bar.append("rect")
.attr("fill", function(d,i) { return color(i % data.series.length); })
.attr("class", "bar")
.attr("width", x)
.attr("height", barHeight - 1);
// Add text label in bar
bar.append("text")
.attr("x", function(d) { return x(d) - 3; })
.attr("y", barHeight / 2)
.attr("fill", "red")
.attr("dy", ".35em")
.text(function(d) { return d; });
// Draw labels
bar.append("text")
.attr("class", "label")
.attr("x", function(d) { return - 10; })
.attr("y", groupHeight / 2)
.attr("dy", ".35em")
.text(function(d,i) {
if (i % data.series.length === 0)
return data.labels[Math.floor(i/data.series.length)];
else
return ""});
chart.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + spaceForLabels + ", " + -gapBetweenGroups/2 + ")")
.call(yAxis);
// Draw legend
var legendRectSize = 18,
legendSpacing = 4;
var legend = chart.selectAll('.legend')
.data(data.series)
.enter()
.append('g')
.attr('transform', function (d, i) {
var height = legendRectSize + legendSpacing;
var offset = -gapBetweenGroups/2;
var horz = spaceForLabels + chartWidth + 40 - legendRectSize;
var vert = i * height - offset;
return 'translate(' + horz + ',' + vert + ')';
});
legend.append('rect')
.attr('width', legendRectSize)
.attr('height', legendRectSize)
.style('fill', function (d, i) { return color(i); })
.style('stroke', function (d, i) { return color(i); });
legend.append('text')
.attr('class', 'legend')
.attr('x', legendRectSize + legendSpacing)
.attr('y', legendRectSize - legendSpacing)
.text(function (d) { return d.label; });
</script>
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