How to create Excel scatter with straight lines and markers chart in C#, VB.NET?

This article explains how to create a scatter with straight line and markers chart in Excel using XlsIO.

What is scatter with straight lines and markers chart?

A scatter with straight lines and markers chart is used to compare at least two sets of values or pairs of data. The plotted values are represented with a marker point and those points are connected by a straight line.

         Scatter with straight line and markers chart created using XlsIO

To create a scatter with straight line and markers chart in Excel using XlsIO, you need to do the following steps.

Steps to create scatter with straight line and markers chart

1. Initialize chart

Create a chart object by calling the worksheet.Charts.Add method and specify the chart type to ExcelChartType.Scatter_Line_Markers enum value.

2. Assign data

Set 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.

3. Apply basic chart elements

Add the basic elements like chart title, data labels and legend.

• ChartTitle of chart object.
• Set DataLabels via DefaultDataPoint.
• Set TRUE to chart’s HasLegend property to show the legend. Else FALSE.

Applicable properties for scatter with straight lines chart

Below is the list of properties that can be used for scatter with straight line and markers chart.

1.  MarkerBackgroundColor (or) MarkerBackgroundColorIndex

2.  MarkerForegroundColor (or) MarkerForegroundColorIndex

3.  MarkerSize

4.  MarkerStyle

5.  IsAutoMarker

6.  IsVaryColor

NOTE: Applying properties apart from the mentioned properties might throw exception or the changes will not be reflected in the output document because those properties are not related to scatter chart.

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To know more about creating charts with various settings using XlsIO, please refer the documentation.

The following C#/ VB.NET complete code snippet shows the creation of scatter with straight lines and markers chart using XlsIO.

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