$('#bar').click(function () {


    chart.inverted = true;
    chart.xAxis[0].update({}, false);
    chart.yAxis[0].update({}, false);
    chart.series[0].update({
        type: 'column'
    });

});

[http://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/jquery/1.7.2/highslide-software/highcharts.com/tree/master/samples/highcharts/members/series-update/][1]