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This article explains how to create a clustered column chart in Excel using Syncfusion Excel (XlsIO) library. What is a Clustered column chart?Clustered column chart plots the data in the discrete vertical rectangles. To create a clustered column chart using XlsIO, you will need to do the following steps.
Clustered Column Chart Steps to create the Clustered Column Chart:Step 1: Initialize chartCreate a chart object by calling the worksheet.Charts.Add method and specify the chart type to ExcelChartType.Column_Clustered enum value. C# //Create the chart IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add(); //Set chart type to Column_Clustered chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Column_Clustered;
Step 2: Assign dataSet a range of data from the worksheet to chart’s DataRange property. To plot the series values in column and categories in row, set chart’s IsSeriesInRows property to false. C# //Set region of Chart data chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:C6"]; //Set chart series in column for assigned data region chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
Step 3: Apply basic chart elementsAdd the basic elements like chart title, data labels and legend with the below list of properties.
C# //Set Chart Title chart.ChartTitle = "Sales Report in Clustered Column Chart"; //Set Datalabels IChartSerie serie1 = chart.Series[0]; serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true; serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.Position = ExcelDataLabelPosition.Outside; //Set Legend chart.HasLegend = true; chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
Applicable Properties of Clustered Column ChartBelow is the list of other common properties that is applicable for a column/bar chart.
To know more about creating charts with various settings using Syncfusion Excel (XlsIO) library, please refer the documentation. The following C#/ VB.NET complete code snippet shows the creation of clustered column chart using XlsIO. C# using System;
using Syncfusion.XlsIO;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;
namespace ChartSample
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016;
//Open existing workbook with data entered
Assembly assembly = typeof(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
Stream fileStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ChartSample.InputTemplate.xlsx");
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream);
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
//Initialize chart
IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add();
chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Column_Clustered;
//Assign data
chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:C6"];
chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
//Apply chart elements
//Set Chart Title
chart.ChartTitle = "Sales Report in Clustered Column Chart";
//Set Datalabels
IChartSerie serie1 = chart.Series[0];
IChartSerie serie2 = chart.Series[1];
serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true;
serie2.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true;
serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.Position = ExcelDataLabelPosition.Outside;
serie2.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.Position = ExcelDataLabelPosition.Outside;
//Set Legend
chart.HasLegend = true;
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
//Positioning the chart in the worksheet
chart.TopRow = 8;
chart.LeftColumn = 1;
chart.BottomRow = 23;
chart.RightColumn = 8;
//Saving and closing the workbook
Stream stream = File.Create("Output.xlsx");
workbook.SaveAs(stream);
}
}
}
}
VB.NET Imports System
Imports Syncfusion.XlsIO
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.IO
Namespace ChartSample
Class Program
Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016
'Open existing workbook with data entered
Dim assembly As Assembly = GetType(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly
Dim fileStream As Stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ChartSample.InputTemplate.xlsx")
Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream)
Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
'Initialize chart
Dim chart As IChartShape = worksheet.Charts.Add()
chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Column_Clustered
'Assign data
chart.DataRange = worksheet("A1:C6")
chart.IsSeriesInRows = False
'Apply chart elements
'Set Chart Title
chart.ChartTitle = "Sales Report in Clustered Column Chart"
'Set Datalabels
Dim serie1 As IChartSerie = chart.Series(0)
Dim serie2 As IChartSerie = chart.Series(1)
serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = True
serie2.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = True
serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.Position = ExcelDataLabelPosition.Outside
serie2.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.Position = ExcelDataLabelPosition.Outside
'Set Legend
chart.HasLegend = True
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom
'Positioning chart in the worksheet
chart.TopRow = 8
chart.LeftColumn = 1
chart.BottomRow = 23
chart.RightColumn = 8
'Saving and closing the workbook
Dim stream As Stream = File.Create("Output.xlsx")
workbook.SaveAs(stream)
End Using
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
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