See it in action on bl.ocks.org
Created to look at returns within a portfolio of investments, this shows the allocation to a particular investment using transparency of the columns. The more opaque the column, the greater the allocation in the portfolio.
This also connects to this Google Spreadsheet for data.
This builds on my column chart gist
Modified http://d3js.org/d3.v2.min.js?2.10.0 to a secure url
Updated missing url https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/0Agxrt1aeoXHOdFlWbl9tQm12cWRlRWdMVFY0bER4c2c/od6/public/values?alt=json-in-script&callback=myCallback to https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/0agxrt1aeoxhodflwbl9tqm12cwrlrwdmvfy0ber4c2c/od6/public/values?alt=json-in-script&callback=mycallback
https://d3js.org/d3.v2.min.js?2.10.0
https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/0Agxrt1aeoXHOdFlWbl9tQm12cWRlRWdMVFY0bER4c2c/od6/public/values?alt=json-in-script&callback=myCallback