How to draw Stacked Column Bar Graph using HighCharts

To generate the chart the following code can be used:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>Everything should be clear here. If not then first thing is to include the JavaScript dependencies i.e you need to include the three JavaScript libraries: jquery , highcharts.js and exporting.js. Then the next step is to create a container where the graph is to be displayed. In the above example its a div with id="summary_graph".
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<div id="summary_graph" style="min-width: 400px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<script>
$(function () {
$('#summary_graph').highcharts({
chart: {
type: 'column'
},
title: {
text: ''
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['2011','2012']
},
yAxis: {
min: 0,
title: {
text: 'Total transaction'
},
stackLabels: {
enabled: true,
style: {
fontWeight: 'bold',
color: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.textColor) || 'gray'
}
}
},
legend: {
align: 'right',
x: -100,
verticalAlign: 'top',
y: 20,
floating: true,
backgroundColor: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.legendBackgroundColorSolid) || 'white',
borderColor: '#CCC',
borderWidth: 1,
shadow: false
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function() {
return '<b>'+ this.x +'</b><br/>'+
this.series.name +': '+ this.y +'<br/>'+
'Transaction: '+ this.point.stackTotal;
}
},
plotOptions: {
column: {
stacking: 'normal',
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
color: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.dataLabelsColor) || 'white'
}
}
},
series: [{
name: 'Sales',
color:'#7A59B3',
data: [50,60]
}, {
name: 'Cost',
color:'#FF0064',
data: [40,20]
}, ]
});
});
</script>
Now the part to populate the graph with statistics. Categories is used for the number of columns for the graph. Series are for the stacks in a column of the graph. In above example, I have used two stacks Sales and Cost. You can vary that. And yes every every entry in the Series should be populated with data which should have entries equal to the number of the columns. So why no copy the above code and try it right away? If you are more interested in visualizing data and statistics then better check out http://highcharts.com/ .
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