WPS Bar Chart on Windows: Introduction

WPS Bar Chart is a horizontal chart component for dashboards on Windows; it includes 4 core tasks, with 4 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	4	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	4	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index

About This Feature

Overview

Bar Chart in WPS is a dashboard chart component that displays category data with horizontal bars. It works well when category names are long or when you need to compare multiple items clearly.

Core tasks include:

Create a bar chart component and insert a default chart into a dashboard.
Edit or export a chart with options such as Configure, Copy, Copy as Image, Export as Image, and Delete.
Set chart type and data, including data source, filter range, dimension, metric, grouping, and sorting.
Adjust chart style with theme colors, series colors, and chart elements such as title, legend, and data labels.

This feature is useful for business dashboards, project tracking, category comparison, and reporting.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A Windows device that can run WPS Office and open dashboard features
App version	The latest version of WPS Office is recommended
Network	Keep a network connection available when opening online data or synced content
Other	You need access to a dashboard and data table, plus permission to edit them

Download & Installation

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Check after installation	Open WPS Office, enter the dashboard area, and confirm that Bar Chart appears under "+ Add Component"

Source: WPS download page

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	Add a bar chart directly in a dashboard, switch between regular and stacked styles, filter data, group and sort results, adjust theme colors and chart elements, and copy or export the chart as an image.	Excel lets users change chart colors and styles through Chart Styles and related formatting options.	Google Sheets supports bar charts and stacked bar charts, with customization for titles, series, legends, axes, and gridlines.	Notion chart view supports horizontal bar charts, X and Y axis settings, grouping, sorting, colors, data labels, and PNG or SVG export.	Acrobat focuses on editing graphics inside PDFs and updating visual content, rather than building native database bar charts.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: WPS keeps chart insertion, data setup, style adjustment, and image export in one dashboard workflow. Distinct: the bar chart entry and data settings are grouped in the component editing panel for dashboard use.	Compared with WPS: Excel documentation here focuses on chart appearance and style changes inside spreadsheets.	Compared with WPS: Google Sheets centers on spreadsheet chart editing rather than a dashboard component workflow.	Compared with WPS: Notion charts depend on database views, and the Free Plan can try one chart.	Compared with WPS: Adobe is more suitable for revising graphics in existing PDFs than configuring a native dashboard bar chart.
Official Source	—	Excel chart style and color	Google Sheets bar charts	Notion chart view	Edit graphics in Acrobat PDF

Overall Conclusion
If your main goal is to present category data inside a dashboard, WPS Bar Chart provides a connected workflow from component insertion to data setup, style adjustment, and image export. Excel, Google Sheets, and Notion can all work with bar charts, but their entry points are more spreadsheet- or database-view oriented. Adobe is more suitable for updating graphics after a PDF has already been created.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable for	Main challenge	How Bar Chart helps
1	Sales category comparison	Sales teams, operations staff	Long category names are harder to read in vertical charts	Use horizontal bars to compare products, regions, or channels
2	Project status tracking	Project managers, team leads	Teams need a quick view of counts across statuses	Use dimensions, grouping, and metrics to show status distribution
3	Dashboard reporting	Managers, analysts	Charts need to be reused in reports quickly	Copy the chart as an image or export it as an image
4	Ranked category analysis	Data analysts	Important items need to stand out by value	Sort by the vertical axis in ascending or descending order
5	Consistent visual style	Brand and operations teams	Multiple charts need a unified look	Apply theme colors, series colors, and chart elements consistently

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free users	WPS Premium
Writer, Spreadsheet, and Presentation core components	✅ Available	✅ Available
Current Bar Chart feature	✅ Available	✅ Available
Basic PDF features	✅ Available	✅ Available
More advanced PDF and some extended capabilities	May be limited by feature	✅ Broader access
Cloud storage	1 GB	20 GB

Source: WPS Office pricing page; Why pay for WPS Office

Recommendations

Use case	Recommended plan	Why
You only need to create and adjust bar charts in dashboards	Free	The current feature description does not show a membership restriction for Bar Chart
You also need more PDF features, extended tools, or larger cloud storage	WPS Premium	Better suited to users who need broader cross-component features and more storage

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Source: WPS Office pricing page