# Bar Chart

## Widget Type Overview

## Description
Embed dynamic bar charts in Notion to visualize comparisons, totals, or trends across categories. Configure axes, labels, and display settings easily.

## Content
# Bar Chart Widget for Notion

The **Bar Chart Widget** is one of the most effective tools for visualizing Notion data. It lets you compare values across categories using vertical or horizontal bars — perfect for tracking status, progress, habits, sales, or content pipelines.

Blocky makes it easy to connect your Notion database and render a fully customizable bar chart inside your dashboard with no code required.

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## ✅ Use Cases

- **📦 Project Management:** See how many tasks are in each status column.
- **🎯 Goal Progress:** Compare completion across different goals or objectives.
- **📊 Habit Tracking:** Visualize how many times each habit has been completed this week.
- **📝 Content Calendar:** View article or video counts by stage (Idea → Draft → Published).
- **💼 Team Workload:** Compare assignments by team member, priority, or tag.

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## 🎨 Bar Chart Variants

Blocky offers multiple visual styles under the bar chart type, so you can pick the format that best fits your layout and data needs:

### 1. **Vertical Bars** (default)
Classic bar graph for side-by-side category comparison.

### 2. **Horizontal Bars**
Ideal for longer labels or comparing many categories clearly.

### 3. **Stacked Bars**
Show total and part-to-whole relationships — perfect for layered data views.

### 4. **Grouped Bars**
Compare multiple values per category (e.g., completed vs. in progress).

Each variant includes customization for:
- Bar color(s)
- Axis labels
- Grid lines and background
- Legend placement
- Data label visibility

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## ⚙️ Customization Options

Blocky lets you personalize your chart’s look and behavior:

- Select Notion database + value & category fields
- Sort bars by value or name
- Toggle grid, labels, and legends
- Choose bar spacing, border radius, and font sizes
- Style background and text color to match your Notion theme

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## 🔄 Live Updates

Your chart stays in sync with your Notion database. When data changes in Notion, your chart updates automatically. It's perfect for real-time tracking of progress or status.

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## 🧩 How to Add to Notion

1. Go to Blocky and choose the **Bar Chart** widget.
2. Connect your Notion database.
3. Select your data fields (label + value).
4. Choose your variant and style options.
5. Copy your embed URL.
6. Paste it into Notion using `/embed`.

Done! Your data is now visual and actionable.

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This content is from the Blocky Type display, a platform for creating custom Notion widgets including charts, timers, study tools, and productivity enhancers.