Column Chart Preset
Column
Column is an OPF column chart preset with canonical workbook metadata, sample data, and engine chart type mapping.
columnOPF type: CLUSTERED_COLUMNsimple
Use Case
Compare category values in a familiar vertical format.
Data Requirements
1 series, 8 categories, flat category/series workbook
Group
Vertical comparisons across categories, time periods, or grouped series.
Series
1 series across 8 categories
Workbook Range
Sheet1!$A$1:$I$2
When to Use
Use when categories are short, sequence matters, or the audience expects a conventional business comparison.
When to Avoid
Avoid when labels are long or when too many series would make the columns visually dense.
Best Practices
1
Start the value axis at zero
2
Keep series counts modest
3
Label important values directly
Recommended Companions
OPF Config
charts:columnOpen Presentation Format
{
"$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
"name": "PPTX.gallery — charts/column",
"description": "Column is an OPF column chart preset with canonical workbook metadata, sample data, and engine chart type mapping.",
"tags": [
"gallery:charts/column"
],
"slides": [
{
"id": "gallery-preview-1",
"layout": "data-visualization",
"title": "Column",
"subtitle": "Compare category values in a familiar vertical format.",
"chart": {
"type": "column",
"data": {
"columns": [
"Category",
"Value"
],
"rows": [
[
"Q1 2024",
93810
],
[
"Q2 2024",
24592
],
[
"Q3 2024",
13278
],
[
"Q4 2024",
46048
],
[
"Q1 2025",
42098
],
[
"Q2 2025",
39256
],
[
"Q3 2025",
28289
],
[
"Q4 2025",
23434
]
]
}
},
"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.