# Basic column (Column example)

> WestCoast Charts 1.1.5, release, public Core release, on npm. HTML: https://westcoast-charts.com/gallery/column/basic-column/ · Index for agents: https://westcoast-charts.com/llms.txt

Three products per quarter as grouped columns.

- Chart type: `bar` (Bar)
- Collection: Column · Column
- Raw configuration: https://westcoast-charts.com/gallery-src/column/basic-column.js
- Standalone example: https://westcoast-charts.com/embed/samples/wcc/gallery/column/basic-column.html

## Setup

```js
import WestCoastCharts from 'west-coast-charts'
```

## Options

```js
const options = {
  chart: {
    height: 380,
    fontFamily: "Inter, Geist, \"IBM Plex Sans\", system-ui, sans-serif",
    type: "bar",
    toolbar: {
      show: false
    }
  },
  series: [
    {
      name: "Atlas",
      data: [50, 49, 48, 53, 54, 49, 53, 54]
    },
    {
      name: "Beacon",
      data: [50, 46, 50, 50, 49, 50, 52, 54]
    },
    {
      name: "Cirrus",
      data: [55, 58, 55, 54, 47, 54, 51, 48]
    }
  ],
  xaxis: {
    categories: ["Q1 25", "Q2 25", "Q3 25", "Q4 25", "Q1 26", "Q2 26", "Q3 26", "Q4 26"]
  },
  plotOptions: {
    bar: {
      columnWidth: "62%",
      borderRadius: 3
    }
  },
  dataLabels: {
    enabled: false
  },
  yaxis: {
    title: {
      text: "Units (k)"
    }
  },
  title: {
    text: "Units sold per quarter"
  },
  theme: {
    mode: "light",
    preset: "coastal"
  }
}

const chart = new WestCoastCharts(document.querySelector('#chart'), options)
await chart.render()
```

## Verify

- Text check (Library 1.1.5): load `west-coast-charts/agent/describe` and call `chart.describe({ format: "json" })` for the actual drawn state. The live reader is on this example’s HTML page.
- Command line (Public agent tools 0.2.3, tested with Library 1.1.5; available from the versioned GitHub release and npm, https://westcoast-charts.com/docs/cli/index.md): `wcc chart export column-basic-column.json --out column-basic-column.svg --with-table` (save the options above as JSON first)