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QuantamPulse
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2 years ago

Adjusting Column Size in Clustered Column Chart

Is there any way to manually control the column width for a clustered column chart? As it stand, there is way to much whiote space in each side of the chart. When I try to lower it down, the column size shrinks as well. Makes it to where its either hard to see what the data shows or there is a ton of white space on either side of the chart. 

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  • Hello QuantamPulse , 

    Try Adjusting the "Inner padding" size , Lowering this value will make the bars thicker and reduce white space between bars within a category.

     

    If you find this helpful , please mark it as solution and Your Kudos are much appreciated!

     

    Thank You

    Dharmendar S

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    • QuantamPulse's avatar
      QuantamPulse
      Regular Visitor

      Tried adjusting the padding and its didn't do anything to solve the issue. For further clarification, the issue lies with this space on the chart. 

      I need to be able to remove that space to add more room for the chart. 

      • dharmendars007's avatar
        dharmendars007
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        Hello QuantamPulse , 

         

        There is no native way reducing the space, but you can adjust the position of the legends in the visual.

         

         

        If you find this helpful , please mark it as solution and Your Kudos are much appreciated!

         

        Thank You

        Dharmendar S

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    Hi QuantamPulse 

     

    Thanks for the reply from dharmendars007 .

     

    QuantamPulse , Are you trying to change the width of column? If so, you might be able to use the R visualization. The following testing is for your reference.

     

    Select the R visualization and enter the following in the R script editor.

    # Load the ggplot2 package
    library(ggplot2)
     
    # Create a sample data frame
    data <- data.frame(
      Country = c("A"),
      Profit = c(9)
    )
     
    # Create a bar chart with adjusted bar width
    ggplot(data, aes(x = Country, y = Profit)) +
      geom_bar(stat = "identity", width = 1) +  # Adjust the width parameter as needed
      theme_minimal() +
      labs(title = "Bar Chart with Adjusted Width",
           x = "Country",
           y = "Profit")

     

     

    You can change the width of the column by changing the value of width. Click to run

     

    Output:

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Yulia Xu

     

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