How to create a stacked bar chart in the Visual Grid

By creating a stacked bar chart in a Visual Grid you have a bit more freedom to customize the visual elements like the category labels and placements as opposed to inserting the chart itself from the Charts-menu in Grunt.

 

  1. Paste in your data, either directly or from Excel.
  2. Right-click Column B and insert a new column to the left. This is the column we will use to display the actual bar charts. 
  3. Apply the "Stacked bar"-rule to Column B.
  4. Open the Stacked bar-rule and click "Data".
    This is where we will choose what data will be used for the chart. Change the target to "Column C" where the data starts.
  5. Click on "Add series" to continue adding more series. Each time you click, Grunt will fetch a new column, continuing horizontally to the right, so keep clicking until you have all the series you need in your chart.
  6. You can then hide Column C, D and E which just contains the numbers.
  7. You'll be left with category labels and the chart itself in Column B.
  8. What remains is to customize the stacked bar rule to your liking!