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This article explains how to create 3D column chart in Excel using Syncfusion Excel (XlsIO) library. What is a 3D column chart?3-D column charts use three axes (horizontal axis, vertical axis and depth axis), and they compare data points along the horizontal and the depth axes. This chart can be used to compare data across both the categories and the data series.
3D Column Chart To create a 3D column chart in Excel using XlsIO, you need to do the following steps. Steps to create 3D column chart:Step 1: Initialize chartCreate a chart object by calling the worksheet.Charts.Add method and specify the chart type to ExcelChartType.Column_3D enum value. C# //Create the chart IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add(); //Set chart type to Column_3D chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Column_3D;
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:D6"]; //Set chart series in column for assigned data region chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
Step 3: Apply basic chart elementsAdd the basic elements like chart title and legend.
C# //Apply chart elements //Set Chart Title chart.ChartTitle = "3D Column Chart"; //Set datalabels IChartSerie serie1 = chart.Series[0]; serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true; //Set Legend chart.HasLegend = true; chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
Step 4: Apply 3D chart elementsAdd the 3D chart elements like Rotation and Elevation.
C# //Set Rotation and Elevation chart.Rotation = 20; chart.Elevation = 15; chart.Perspective = 0;
Applicable properties for 3D column chartBelow is the list of other common properties applicable for 3D column/bar chart.
Note:
Applying properties apart from the mentioned list might throw exception or the changes will not be reflected in the output document because those properties are not related to 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 3D column chart using XlsIO. C# using Syncfusion.XlsIO;
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_3D;
//Assign data
chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"];
chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
//Apply chart elements
//Set Chart Title
chart.ChartTitle = "3D Column Chart";
//Set Legend
chart.HasLegend = true;
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
//Set datalabels
IChartSerie serie1 = chart.Series[0];
IChartSerie serie2 = chart.Series[1];
IChartSerie serie3 = chart.Series[2];
serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true;
serie2.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true;
serie3.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true;
//Set Rotation and Elevation
chart.Rotation = 20;
chart.Elevation = 15;
chart.Perspective = 0;
//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 Syncfusion.XlsIO
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_3D
'Assign data
chart.DataRange = worksheet("A1:D6")
chart.IsSeriesInRows = False
'Apply chart elements
'Set Chart Title
chart.ChartTitle = "3D Column Chart"
'Set Legend
chart.HasLegend = True
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom
'Set datalabels
IChartSerie serie1 = chart.Series(0)
IChartSerie serie2 = chart.Series(1)
IChartSerie serie3 = chart.Series(2)
serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = True
serie2.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = True
serie3.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = True
'Set Rotation and Elevation
chart.Rotation = 20;
chart.Elevation = 15;
chart.Perspective = 0;
'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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