Range Bar Charts are similar to Range Column Chart that are drawn between a range of values - Low & High except that the bars are horizontally placed. Given example shows simple Range Bar Chart along with source code that you can try running locally.
@{
Layout = null;
}
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<script>
window.onload = function () {
var chart = new CanvasJS.Chart("chartContainer", {
theme: "light2", // "light1", "light2", "dark1", "dark2"
animationEnabled: true,
title: {
text: "Hearing Range of Animals"
},
axisX: {
interval: 1
},
axisY: {
suffix: " Hz",
logarithmic: true
},
data: [{
type: "rangeBar",
indexLabel: "{y[#index]} Hz",
toolTipContent: "<b>{label}</b><br>{y[0]} Hz to {y[1]} Hz",
dataPoints: @Html.Raw(ViewBag.DataPoints)
}]
});
chart.render();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="chartContainer" style="height: 370px; width: 100%;"></div>
<script src="https://canvasjs.com/assets/script/canvasjs.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
using ASPNET_MVC_ChartsDemo.Models;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web.Mvc;
namespace ASPNET_MVC_ChartsDemo.Controllers
{
public class HomeController : Controller
{
// GET: Home
public ActionResult Index()
{
List<DataPoint> dataPoints = new List<DataPoint>();
dataPoints.Add(new DataPoint("Chicken", new double[] { 125, 2000 }));
dataPoints.Add(new DataPoint("Goldfish", new double[] { 20, 3000 }));
dataPoints.Add(new DataPoint("Catfish", new double[] { 50, 4000 }));
dataPoints.Add(new DataPoint("Parakeet", new double[] { 200, 8500 }));
dataPoints.Add(new DataPoint("Elephant", new double[] { 17, 10500 }));
dataPoints.Add(new DataPoint("Owl", new double[] { 200, 1200 }));
dataPoints.Add(new DataPoint("Horse", new double[] { 55, 33500 }));
dataPoints.Add(new DataPoint("Raccoon ", new double[] { 100, 40000 }));
dataPoints.Add(new DataPoint("Sheep ", new double[] { 125, 42500 }));
dataPoints.Add(new DataPoint("Cat", new double[] { 55, 77000 }));
dataPoints.Add(new DataPoint("Dog ", new double[] { 64, 44000 }));
dataPoints.Add(new DataPoint("Dolphin", new double[] { 150, 150000 }));
ViewBag.DataPoints = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dataPoints);
return View();
}
}
}
using System;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
namespace ASPNET_MVC_ChartsDemo.Models
{
//DataContract for Serializing Data - required to serve in JSON format
[DataContract]
public class DataPoint
{
public DataPoint(string label, double[] y)
{
this.Label = label;
this.Y = y;
}
//Explicitly setting the name to be used while serializing to JSON.
[DataMember(Name = "label")]
public string Label = "";
//Explicitly setting the name to be used while serializing to JSON.
[DataMember(Name = "y")]
public double[] Y = null;
}
}
Index labels can be shown for the data-points using the indexLabel property. The orientation of the indexLabels can be customized using indexLabelOrientation property. Some other commonly used customization options include indexLabelFontSize, indexLableBackgroundColor, etc.