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A multi-row 3D Bar chart

[No canvas support]

This style of 3D chart is not supported natively but is pretty easy to achieve - especially as all of the source code is shown below and you can just copy it!

First, some variables are defined that are used in the configuration - this is so that they're easier for you to edit and manage.

Each row of bars is actually a separate chart object and they're drawn inside a dedicated function. The 3D variant options turn off the 3D axes and the regular axes are also turned off. Slight shadows are set which add to the 3D effect.

The background grid is turned off for the second and third charts but is enabled for the first - the chart at the back.

The margins are set to those defined in the variables along with the y-axis scale max value. The y-axis labels are turned off.

Finally, a drawing api y-axis object is used to draw a y-axis on the right-hand-side. The color of this y-axis is transparent so the only part of it that you can see is the labels.

This chart is animated and the second and third charts are drawn using the animation callback functions of the grow effects. So the first animations callback calls the function to draw the second chart and the second animations callback calls the function that draws the third chart and the axes.

This goes in the documents header:

<script src="RGraph.common.core.js"></script>
<script src="RGraph.bar.js"></script>
Put this where you want the chart to show up:
<div style="float: right">
    <canvas id="cvs" width="650" height="300">[No canvas support]</canvas>
</div>
This is the code that generates the chart - it should be placed AFTER the canvas tag(s):
<script>
    // Some default variables. These margins are not all hard-and-fast
    // values - some are increased and some are reduced for each chart.
    marginLeft    = 40;
    marginRight   = 50;
    marginTop     = 10;
    marginBottom  = 105;
    marginInner   = 20;
    
    // This is the same for each chart
    yaxisScaleMax = 35;
    
    // Here are the three datasets for the chart
    data = [
        [5,16,10,12,13,15,16],
        [20,21,24,23,18,19,20],
        [35,34,32,28,26,35,34]
    ];
    
    
    // The colors for the bars
    colors = [
        'Gradient(#696:#0f0:#0f0)',
        'Gradient(#966:#f00:#f00)',
        'Gradient(#669:blue:blue)'
    ];
    
    // And the X-axis labels for the chart
    xaxisLabels = ['Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday','Sunday'];
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    bar1 = new RGraph.Bar({
        id: 'cvs',
        data: data[2],
        options: {
            
            // These few properties set the chart to be a 3D Bar chart and turn off
            // the 3D axes that are drawn.
            variant: '3d',
            variantThreedYaxis: false,
            variantThreedXaxis: false,
    
            colorsStroke: 'rgba(0,0,0,0)',
            colors: [colors[2]],
    
            // The background grid is only enabled on this chart - the
            // bar chart at the back
            backgroundGridColor: '#ccc',
            backgroundGridHlinesCount: 5,
            backgroundGridVlinesCount: 14,
            
            // Set the margins based on the values that are defined above
            marginBottom: marginBottom,
            marginTop: marginTop,
            marginLeft: marginLeft,
            marginRight: marginRight,
            marginInner: marginInner,
    
            yaxisScaleMax: yaxisScaleMax,
            xaxis: false,
            yaxis: false,
            yaxisPosition: 'right',
            yaxisLabelsOffsetx: 10,
            yaxisLabelsOffsety: -5,
            variantThreedYaxis: false
        }
    }).grow(null, draw2);
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    function draw2 ()
    {
        bar2 = new RGraph.Bar({
            id: 'cvs',
            data: data[1],
            options: {
                // Stipulate 3d but no 3D axes
                variant: '3d',
                variantThreedYaxis: false,
                variantThreedXaxis: false,
    
                colorsStroke: 'rgba(0,0,0,0)',
                colors: [colors[1]],
    
                // No background grid or X/Y labels for the second and third charts
                backgroundGrid: false,
                yaxisLabels: false,
                xaxisLabels: [],
    
                // The default margins are increased on one side and reduced on
                // the other in order to move the chart to the left a little and
                // enhance the perception of depth.
                marginBottom: marginBottom - 10,
                marginTop: marginTop + 10,
                marginLeft: marginLeft - 25,
                marginRight: marginRight + 25,
                marginInner: marginInner,
    
                yaxisScaleMax: yaxisScaleMax,
                xaxis: false,
                yaxis: false,
                yaxisScale: false
            }
        }).grow(null, draw3);
    }
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    function draw3 ()
    {
        bar3 = new RGraph.Bar({
            id: 'cvs',
            data: data[0],
            options: {
    
                // Set the chart to be 3D but without any axes
                variant: '3d',
                variantThreedYaxis: false,
                variantThreedXaxis: false,
    
                colorsStroke: 'rgba(0,0,0,0)',
                colors: [colors[0]],
                
                // Now that we're drawing the chart that's "at the front" the X-axis labels can be drawn
                xaxisLabels: xaxisLabels,
    
                backgroundGrid: false,
                
                // Add and subtract from the default margins in order to move the
                // chart to the left
                marginTop: marginTop + 20,
                marginBottom: marginBottom - 20,
                marginLeft: marginLeft - 40,
                marginRight: marginRight + 50,
                marginInner: marginInner,
    
                yaxisScaleMax: yaxisScaleMax,
                xaxis: false,
                yaxis: false,
                yaxisScale: false
            }
        }).grow();
    }
</script>