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title: Bar visualization examples
description: Bar visualizations enable you to show the comparative size or frequency of different categories or groups, for example, sales in different regions or over different periods of time.
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# Bar visualization examples

Bar visualizations enable you to show the comparative size or frequency of different categories or groups, for example, sales in different regions or over different periods of time.

## Horizontal bar use case

Use the horizontal bar to show data by named values, such as departments, agencies, or regions.

## Vertical bar use case

Use vertical bar to show numbered values, such as age or monetary ranges, or time periods.

-   **[Horizontal bar visualization example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/dv-example-h-bar.md)**  
Horizontal bar visualizations enable you to show the comparative size or frequency of different categories or groups, such as incident priority or sales group. You can also add a group by or stack by to a bar visualization, such as the assignment group.
-   **[Vertical bar visualization example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/dv-example-v-bar.md)**  
Vertical bar visualizations enable you to show the comparative size or frequency of different categories or groups, for example, sales in different regions or over different periods of time. The X axis of a vertical usually shows a numerical value such years or date ranges, age ranges, or salary ranges.

**Parent Topic:**[Create a horizontal or vertical bar data visualization](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/create-dv-bar-ac.md)