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title: Three Column Grouped Stacked Horizontal Bar Chart category: Charts slug: charts/three-column-grouped-stacked-horizontal-bar image: ../../images/charts/two-coumn-separated-bars/result.png blurb: Compare three dimensions: grouped bars for one dimension, with stacked segments inside each group for sub-breakdowns. order: 3

Three Column Grouped Stacked Horizontal Bar Chart

A three column grouped stacked horizontal bar chart combines grouping and stacking: one dimension forms the row (e.g. region), a second dimension is shown as grouped bars (e.g. year or product), and a third is shown as stacked segments within each bar (e.g. response type). You get both group-to-group comparison and composition inside each bar.

When to use it

  • Three categorical (or mixed) columns — Row, group, and segment dimensions.
  • Sub-breakdowns within groups — e.g. Region (rows) × Year (groups) × Response (stacked segments).
  • Grouping columns — Often used with grouped columns (e.g. several similar opinion questions grouped).

How to create it

  1. Add three columns to the pivot — In the sentence builder, select row, group, and segment columns.
  2. Choose bar view — Select Bar from the left menu when needed to get grouped bars.
  3. Set chart type — Use Stacked in the Stacked | Bar | Dot control so the third dimension appears as stacked segments.

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Select bar from left menu
Select bar from left menu
4. Optional: Percentage — Use Percentage (or Proportional) so each bar shows composition (e.g. 100% within that bar).

Grouping is especially useful when the second dimension is a group of similar columns (e.g. multiple Likert items) so you see one grouped bar per question and stacked segments for response options.

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Three column grouped stacked horizontal bar
Three column grouped stacked horizontal bar

What you see

  • Rows — One row per value of the first column.
  • Grouped bars — Within each row, one bar (or cluster) per value of the second column.
  • Stacked segments — Inside each bar, segments for the third column; length = count or percentage.
  • Legend — Colors for the stacked (and optionally grouped) dimension.

See grouping columns, two column horizontal stacked, Likert chart.

Key points

  • Three columns: rows, groups (grouped bars), and segments (stacked inside each bar).
  • Use with column grouping for multiple similar questions or categories.
  • Stacked | Bar | Dot and Percentage controls shape the view.