Column Chart Preset
Stacked Column
Stacked Column is an OPF column chart preset with canonical workbook metadata, sample data, and engine chart type mapping.
stacked-columnOPF type: STACKED_COLUMNsimple
Use Case
Compare category values in a familiar vertical format.
Data Requirements
3 series, 8 categories, flat category/series workbook
Group
Vertical comparisons across categories, time periods, or grouped series.
Series
3 series across 8 categories
Workbook Range
Sheet1!$A$1:$I$4
When to Use
Use when categories are short, sequence matters, or the audience expects a conventional business comparison.
When to Avoid
Avoid when labels are long or when too many series would make the columns visually dense.
Best Practices
1
Start the value axis at zero
2
Keep series counts modest
3
Label important values directly
Recommended Companions
OPF Config
charts:stacked-columnOpen Presentation Format
{
"$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
"name": "PPTX.gallery — charts/stacked-column",
"description": "Stacked Column is an OPF column chart preset with canonical workbook metadata, sample data, and engine chart type mapping.",
"tags": [
"gallery:charts/stacked-column"
],
"slides": [
{
"id": "gallery-preview-1",
"layout": "data-visualization",
"title": "Stacked Column",
"subtitle": "Compare category values in a familiar vertical format.",
"chart": {
"type": "stacked-column",
"data": {
"columns": [
"Category",
"Value 1",
"Value 2",
"Value 3"
],
"rows": [
[
"Q1 2024",
59797,
80284,
57400
],
[
"Q2 2024",
22676,
26361,
85674
],
[
"Q3 2024",
57052,
59615,
35203
],
[
"Q4 2024",
55082,
20328,
19116
],
[
"Q1 2025",
89131,
82357,
16006
],
[
"Q2 2025",
44671,
48427,
96673
],
[
"Q3 2025",
15695,
92397,
39871
],
[
"Q4 2025",
70217,
91070,
47930
]
]
}
},
"design": {
"contentBox": false,
"contentAlignment": "left",
"titleAlignment": "left",
"contentDirection": "horizontal"
}
}
]
}Open in visual editorOpen in Inspector
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