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Basic Usage 
{% horizontal_bar_chart
	data="demo_daily_orders"
	y="category"
	x="sum(total_sales)"
/%}

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Examples

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Basic Usage

Basic Usage 
{% horizontal_bar_chart
	data="demo_daily_orders"
	y="category"
	x="sum(total_sales)"
/%}

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Attributes

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data
string
required
Name of the table to query
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filters
array
IDs of filters to apply to the query
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date_range
options group
Use date_range to filter data for specific time periods. Accepts predefined ranges (e.g., “last 12 months”), dynamic ranges (e.g., “Last 90 days”), custom date ranges (e.g., “2020-01-01 to 2023-03-01”), or partial ranges (e.g., “from 2020-01-01”, “until 2023-03-01”)Example:
date_range={
  range = "last 7 days"
  date = "string"
}
Attributes:
  • range: string - Time period to filter. Use presets like ‘last 7 days’, dynamic patterns like ‘Last 90 days’, custom ranges like ‘2020-01-01 to 2023-03-01’, or partial ranges like ‘from 2020-01-01’.
    • Allowed values:
      • last 7 days
      • last 30 days
      • last 3 months
      • last 6 months
      • last 12 months
      • week to date
      • month to date
      • quarter to date
      • year to date
      • previous week
      • previous month
      • previous quarter
      • previous year
      • all time
  • date: string - Date column to filter on. Required when the data has multiple date columns.
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date_grain
string
Time grain for date truncation (default: day for date columns)Allowed values:
  • day
  • week
  • month
  • quarter
  • year
  • hour
  • day of week
  • day of month
  • day of year
  • week of year
  • month of year
  • quarter of year
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handle_missing
string
default:"connect"
How to handle missing data points. “connect” auto-connects points (default), “gaps” shows visual breaks, “zero” fills with zeros.Allowed values:
  • connect
  • gaps
  • zero
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x
string
required
Column name for x-axis (value, extends horizontally)
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x_fmt
string
Format for x values. See Value Formatting for available formats.
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y_fmt
string
Format for y values and axis labels. See Value Formatting for available formats.
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series
string
Column name for series
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size
string
Column name for size
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point_title
string
Column name for individual point labels displayed at the top of the tooltip
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title
string
Title to display above the component
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subtitle
string
Subtitle to display below the title
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info
string
Information tooltip text (can only be used with title). Displays an info icon next to the title.
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info_link
string
URL to link the info text to (can only be used with info)
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info_link_title
string
Create a custom link title for the info link, placed after the info text (can only be used with info_link)
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refresh_interval
number
Time in seconds between automatic data refreshes (minimum 60). Overrides the page-level auto-refresh setting for this component.
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where
string
Custom SQL WHERE condition to apply to the query. For date filters, use date_range instead.
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having
string
Custom SQL HAVING condition to apply to the query after GROUP BY
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limit
number
Maximum number of rows to return from the query. Note: When used with tables, limit will disable subtotals to prevent incomplete subtotal rows.
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order
string
Column name(s) with optional direction (e.g. “column_name”, “column_name desc”)
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qualify
string
Custom SQL QUALIFY condition to filter windowed results
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width
number
Set the width of this component (in percent) relative to the page width
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height
number
Set a fixed height for the chart in pixels
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y_axis_options
options group
Configure the y-axisExample:
y_axis_options={
  title = "string"
  title_position = "top"
  ticks = true
  baseline = true
  labels = true
  gridlines = true
  min = 0
  max = 0
  fit_to_data = true
  interval = 0
}
Attributes:
  • title: string
  • title_position: string - Position of the axis title. “top” places it horizontally at the top, “side” places it vertically along the axis. Defaults to “side” for 100% stacked charts, “top” otherwise.
    • Allowed values:
      • top
      • side
  • ticks: boolean
  • baseline: boolean
  • labels: boolean - Show/hide axis labels
  • gridlines: boolean - Show/hide gridlines
  • min: number - Minimum value for this axis (number for numeric axes, date string for date axes)
  • max: number - Maximum value for this axis (number for numeric axes, date string for date axes)
  • fit_to_data: boolean - Fit the axis to the data instead of including 0
  • interval: number - Interval between axis ticks for numeric axes. This option is a suggestion, the actual interval may differ.
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x_axis_options
options group
Configure the x-axisExample:
x_axis_options={
  title = "string"
  label_wrap = true
  ticks = true
  baseline = true
  labels = true
  gridlines = true
  min = 0
  max = 0
  fit_to_data = true
  min_interval = "year"
  max_interval = "year"
  interval = 0
  label_rotate = 0
  max_label_length = 0
}
Attributes:
  • title: string
  • label_wrap: boolean
  • ticks: boolean
  • baseline: boolean
  • labels: boolean - Show/hide axis labels
  • gridlines: boolean - Show/hide gridlines
  • min: number - Minimum value for this axis (number for numeric axes, date string for date axes)
  • max: number - Maximum value for this axis (number for numeric axes, date string for date axes)
  • fit_to_data: boolean - Fit the axis to the data instead of including 0
  • min_interval: string - Minimum interval between axis ticks for time-based axes. This option is a suggestion, the actual interval may differ.
    • Allowed values:
      • year
      • quarter
      • month
      • week
      • day
      • hour
  • max_interval: string - Maximum interval between axis ticks for time-based axes. This option is a suggestion, the actual interval may differ.
    • Allowed values:
      • year
      • quarter
      • month
      • week
      • day
      • hour
  • interval: number - Interval between axis ticks for numeric axes. This option is a suggestion, the actual interval may differ.
  • label_rotate: number - Rotation angle of axis label in degrees. Positive values rotate clockwise, negative values rotate counter-clockwise.
  • max_label_length: number - Maximum character length for axis labels. Labels exceeding this length will be truncated with an ellipsis. Defaults to 20 characters when labels are rotated.
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legend
boolean
default:"true"
Show legend
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legend_location
string
default:"top"
Position of the legend (top or bottom)Allowed values:
  • top
  • bottom
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series_order
array
Array of series names to define the order of series in the chart and legend. Series not in the array will appear after the ordered ones.
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chart_options
options group
Additional chart configuration optionsExample:
chart_options={
  color_palette = ["value1", "value2"]
  series_colors = {
    "key1" = "value1"
    "key2" = "value2"
  }
  top_padding = 0
}
Attributes:
  • color_palette: array of strings
  • series_colors: map of key-value pairs
  • top_padding: number - Additional padding (in px) above the chart area to prevent labels from being cut off
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y
string
required
Column name for y-axis (category, extends vertically)
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y_sort
string
Sort order for y-axis categories. Options: asc (alphabetical), desc (reverse alphabetical), data (preserve query order), or an array for custom order like ["A", "B", "C"]Allowed values:
  • asc
  • desc
  • data
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data_labels
options group
Label each point in the series with its valueExample:
data_labels={
  position = "above"
  fmt = "date"
  size = 0
  distance = 0
  rotate = 0
  color = "string"
  border_color = "string"
  show_overlap = true
}
Attributes:
  • position: string - Position the label relative to its data point
    • Allowed values:
      • above
      • below
      • left
      • right
      • middle
  • fmt: string - Format the label value. Defaults to series or axis fmt.
  • size: number - Font size in px
  • distance: number - How far the label is from the data point
  • rotate: number - Rotate each label (degrees)
  • color: string - Change the text color of the labels
  • border_color: string - Change the border color surrounding text labels, defaults to chart background
  • show_overlap: boolean - Show labels for every point even when they overlap
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bar_options
options group
Attributes:
  • color: string
  • opacity: number - Between 0 and 1
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stacked
boolean
default:"true"
Whether to stack the bars

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Allowed Children