Range Column Charts are similar to Column Charts except that they are drawn between a range of values - Low & High. Range Column Charts, sometimes referred to as Vertical Range Column Charts are generally used to show variations (low & high) in a given time range like temperature, price, etc. Range Column Charts are interactive, support animation, zooming, panning & exporting as image. Given example shows JavaScript Range Column Chart along with HTML source code that you can edit in-browser or save to run it locally.
window.onload = function () {
var chart = new CanvasJS.Chart("chartContainer", {
theme: "light2", // "light1", "light2", "dark1", "dark2"
animationEnabled: true,
title: {
text: "Brent Crude Oil Price - 2016"
},
axisY: {
title: "Price(USD/bbl)",
prefix: "$"
},
data: [{
type: "rangeColumn",
yValueFormatString: "$#,##0.00",
xValueFormatString: "MMM YYYY",
toolTipContent: "{x}<br>High: {y[0]}<br>Low: {y[1]}",
dataPoints: [
{ x: new Date(2016, 0), y: [27.10, 38.99] },
{ x: new Date(2016, 1), y: [29.92, 37.00] },
{ x: new Date(2016, 2), y: [35.95, 42.54] },
{ x: new Date(2016, 3), y: [37.27, 48.50] },
{ x: new Date(2016, 4), y: [43.33, 50.51] },
{ x: new Date(2016, 5), y: [46.69, 52.86] },
{ x: new Date(2016, 6), y: [41.80, 50.75] },
{ x: new Date(2016, 7), y: [41.51, 51.22] },
{ x: new Date(2016, 8), y: [45.09, 50.14] },
{ x: new Date(2016, 9), y: [47.98, 53.73] },
{ x: new Date(2016, 10), y: [43.57, 50.49] },
{ x: new Date(2016, 11), y: [51.51, 57.89] }
]
}]
});
chart.render();
}
You can change the width of columns using dataPointWidth. Some of the other customizations include fillOpacity, color, zoomEnabled etc.