1. Create a calculated field in a query
2. Use Cint to convert to integer for the number of repititions
3. use ChrW(9600) for the Unicode upper half block character
4. use String to repeat a given character a number of times
5. Color the graph by setting the column Format to something like [Blue]@
colors: Black, Blue, Green, Cyan, Red, Magenta, Yellow, or White
@ signifies that the value is text