ASP.NET MVC Stacked Bar Charts & Graphs

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Stacked Bar Chart is formed by stacking one data-series on top of the another and is useful to compare contribution of two or more data-series with the total. Given example shows simple ASP.NET MVC Stacked 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", {
	animationEnabled: true,
	title: {
		text: "Quarterly Sales - 2016",
		fontColor: "#2C4B5D"
	},
	axisY: {
		valueFormatString: "$#,##0K",
		includeZero: true
	},
	toolTip: {
		shared: true
	},
	legend: {
		horizontalAlign: "center",
		verticalAlign: "top"
	},
	data: [{
		type: "stackedBar",
		name: "East",
		showInLegend: true,
		color: "#4978B1",
		yValueFormatString: "$#,##0K",
		dataPoints: @Html.Raw(ViewBag.DataPoints1) 
	},
	{
		type: "stackedBar",
		name: "West",
		showInLegend: true,
		color: "#7E9BC8",
		yValueFormatString: "$#,##0K",
		dataPoints: @Html.Raw(ViewBag.DataPoints2)
	},
	{
		type: "stackedBar",
		name: "North",
		showInLegend: true,
		color: "#B6C3DC",
		yValueFormatString: "$#,##0K",
		dataPoints: @Html.Raw(ViewBag.DataPoints3)
	},
	{
		type: "stackedBar",
		name: "South",
		showInLegend: true,
		color: "#3C6494",
		yValueFormatString: "$#,##0K",
		dataPoints: @Html.Raw(ViewBag.DataPoints4)
	}]
});
chart.render();

}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="chartContainer" style="height: 370px; width: 100%;"></div>
<script src="https://cdn.canvasjs.com/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> dataPoints1 = new List<DataPoint>();
			List<DataPoint> dataPoints2 = new List<DataPoint>();
			List<DataPoint> dataPoints3 = new List<DataPoint>();
			List<DataPoint> dataPoints4 = new List<DataPoint>();

			dataPoints1.Add(new DataPoint("Q1", 48));
			dataPoints1.Add(new DataPoint("Q2", 55));
			dataPoints1.Add(new DataPoint("Q3", 49));
			dataPoints1.Add(new DataPoint("Q4", 65));

			dataPoints2.Add(new DataPoint("Q1", 60));
			dataPoints2.Add(new DataPoint("Q2", 70));
			dataPoints2.Add(new DataPoint("Q3", 53));
			dataPoints2.Add(new DataPoint("Q4", 70));

			dataPoints3.Add(new DataPoint("Q1", 45));
			dataPoints3.Add(new DataPoint("Q2", 60));
			dataPoints3.Add(new DataPoint("Q3", 61));
			dataPoints3.Add(new DataPoint("Q4", 50));

			dataPoints4.Add(new DataPoint("Q1", 30));
			dataPoints4.Add(new DataPoint("Q2", 40));
			dataPoints4.Add(new DataPoint("Q3", 43));
			dataPoints4.Add(new DataPoint("Q4", 46));

			ViewBag.DataPoints1 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dataPoints1);
			ViewBag.DataPoints2 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dataPoints2);
			ViewBag.DataPoints3 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dataPoints3);
			ViewBag.DataPoints4 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dataPoints4);

			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 Nullable<double> Y = null;
	}
}

Chart Customizations

Setting showInLegend to true shows legend for data-series. legendText property can be used to customize the text shown in the legend. Other commonly used customization options include shared(toolTip), color, fillOpacity, etc.

Note   For step by step instructions, follow our ASP.NET MVC Integration Tutorial