How can I highlight a single bar?

Sometimes it happens that we need to emphasize a specific bar on a chart, and it looks like we can’t do it via chart settings… It’s true, but only from one side. On another side, we can use a small trick to help us achieve what we need.

🛠 Prepare your data

The first thing which we have to do is to prepare our data. Let's assume we have a chart with one series, and its data could look like this:

Year	|   Austria
string	|   number   
2003	|   1336060
2004	|   1538156
2005	|   1576579
2006	|   1600652
2007	|   1968113
2008	|   1901067

How the chart looks like

For example, we want to highlight a value for the 2006 year. In this case, we need to add one more column with the same title and type as the first series but with empty values:

Year	|   Austria	|   Austria
string	|   number	|   number
2003	|   1336060	|   
2004	|   1538156	|   
2005	|   1576579	|   
2006	|   1600652	|   
2007	|   1968113	|   
2008	|   1901067	|

And move the selected value from the first series to the second one:

Year	|   Austria	|   Austria
string	|   number	|   number
2003	|   1336060	|   
2004	|   1538156	|   
2005	|   1576579	|   
2006	|               |   1600652
2007	|   1968113	|   
2008	|   1901067	|

After doing so, save your CSV file for data modifications.

💡Result

⚙️ Setup chart

The second step is to set up the chart settings. 

1

To do it, create a new chart or edit an existing one and upload a prepared CSV file.

2

Go to the chart settings screen, and set the “ Is Stacked” option to “ Yes” from Bars Settings.

3

Then, remove the second series from legend by setting the “ Visible In Legend” option to “ No” in the appropriate series settings under the “Series Settings” group.

That’s all. Save the chart and embed it on a page.