Bar Chart Preset
Bar
Bar is an OPF bar chart preset with canonical workbook metadata, sample data, and engine chart type mapping.
barOPF type: CLUSTERED_BARsimple
Use Case
Rank or compare categories when horizontal labels need room.
Data Requirements
1 series, 6 categories, flat category/series workbook
Group
Horizontal comparisons, ranked values, and progress-style measures.
Series
1 series across 6 categories
Workbook Range
Sheet1!$A$1:$G$2
When to Use
Use when category names are long, ranking is the main story, or progress should read left to right.
When to Avoid
Avoid for dense time-series narratives where a line or area chart communicates direction better.
Best Practices
1
Sort bars by value when ranking
2
Use a single accent for the key item
3
Keep category labels readable
Recommended Companions
OPF Config
charts:barOpen Presentation Format
{
"$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
"name": "PPTX.gallery — charts/bar",
"description": "Bar is an OPF bar chart preset with canonical workbook metadata, sample data, and engine chart type mapping.",
"tags": [
"gallery:charts/bar"
],
"slides": [
{
"id": "gallery-preview-1",
"layout": "data-visualization",
"title": "Bar",
"subtitle": "Rank or compare categories when horizontal labels need room.",
"chart": {
"type": "bar",
"data": {
"columns": [
"Category",
"Value"
],
"rows": [
[
"Q1 2024",
30257
],
[
"Q2 2024",
41029
],
[
"Q3 2024",
31299
],
[
"Q4 2024",
33206
],
[
"Q1 2025",
64040
],
[
"Q2 2025",
13248
]
]
}
},
"design": {
"contentBox": false,
"contentAlignment": "left",
"titleAlignment": "left",
"contentDirection": "horizontal"
}
}
]
}Open in visual editorOpen in Inspector
Load this config in the gallery's visual editor, or in the Inspector at pptx.dev.