# Clustered columns with XY Chart

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clustered-columns-with-xy-chart/43666>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clustered-columns-with-xy-chart/43666 "2021-02-22T03:18:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ShaneH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@ShaneH](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ShaneH)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clustered-columns-with-xy-chart/43666/1 "2021-02-22T03:18:16Z")

</div>

Using Perspective 8.1

Any idea how to create clustered columns like this AM Chart example:

> **[Clustered column chart - amCharts](https://www.amcharts.com/demos/clustered-column-chart/)**
>
> Click on the legend items to show/hide series. A special method \`arrangeColumns\` is added to this demo which nicely aniamtes columns so that they would always be centered within the cell.

I can create multiple columns (using multiple series), but I can not get the extra spacing between groups.

Thanks for any suggestions.  
-Shane

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![erik.forsgren](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/erik.forsgren/32/14156_2.png) [@erik.forsgren](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/erik.forsgren)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clustered-columns-with-xy-chart/43666/2 "2022-11-24T07:07:17Z")

</div>

Hello Shane,  
Did you figure this out?  
/Erik

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clustered-columns-with-xy-chart/43666/3 "2022-11-24T07:54:47Z")

</div>

I think this topic has come up multiple times and the solution is to add in an additional series with zero values. It's a bit of an odd omission from the XY Chart features.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ShaneH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@ShaneH](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ShaneH)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clustered-columns-with-xy-chart/43666/4 "2022-11-26T01:56:24Z")

</div>

I did not. And I couldn't find any other topics on this. I would love to see other suggestions like the zero value one from Transistor.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clustered-columns-with-xy-chart/43666/5 "2022-11-26T23:03:09Z")

</div>

Searching for [XY Chart space](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/search?q=XY%20Chart%20space) throws up a list of questons - some of which look relevant.