How to create Excel clustered cone chart in C#, VB.NET?
This article explains how to create Clustered Cone Chart in Excel using WinForms XlsIO.
What is Clustered Cone Chart?
A variation on a column/bar chart that uses cone shapes instead of rectangular columns/bars is called a Cone chart. A clustered cone chart plots the data in discrete vertical cones.
Clustered Cone Chart created using XlsIO
To create Clustered Cone Chart in Excel using XlsIO, you need to do the following steps.
Steps to create Clustered Cone Chart
- Initialize chart
Create a chart object by calling the worksheet.Charts.Add method and specify the chart type to ExcelChartType.Cone_Clustered enumeration value.
//Create the chart IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add(); //Set chart type to Cone_Clustered chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Cone_Clustered;
- 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.
//Set region of chart data chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"]; //Set chart series in column for assigned data region chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
- Apply basic chart elements
Add the basic elements like chart title, data labels and legend with below list of properties.
- ChartTitle of chart object.
- Set DataLabels via DefaultDataPoint.
- Set TRUE to chart’s HasLegend property, to show the legend.
//Set chart title chart.ChartTitle = "Clustered Cone Chart"; //Set data labels IChartSerie serie1 = chart.Series[0]; serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true; //Set legend chart.HasLegend = true; chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
- Apply 3D chart elements
Add the 3D chart elements like rotation and elevation.
- Rotation and Elevation of chart object.
//Set rotation and elevation chart.Rotation = 20; chart.Elevation = 20;
Applicable properties for Clustered Cone Chart
Below is the list of other common properties applicable for clustered cone chart.
1. GapWidth
2. GapDepth
3. BarShapeBase & BarShapeTop (to change the shape of column/bar)
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 clustered cone chart.
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 clustered cone 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.Cone_Clustered;
//Assign data
chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"];
chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
//Apply chart elements
//Set chart title
chart.ChartTitle = "Clustered Cone Chart";
//Set legend
chart.HasLegend = true;
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
//Set rotation and elevation
chart.Rotation = 20;
chart.Elevation = 20;
//Set data labels
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;
//Positioning the chart in the worksheet
chart.TopRow = 8;
chart.LeftColumn = 1;
chart.BottomRow = 23;
chart.RightColumn = 8;
//Saving the workbook
Stream stream = File.Create("Output.xlsx");
workbook.SaveAs(stream);
}
}
}
}
VB
Imports Syncfusion.XlsIO
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.IO
Namespace ChartSample
Class Program
Private 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.Cone_Clustered
'Assign data
chart.DataRange = worksheet("A1:D6")
chart.IsSeriesInRows = False
'Apply chart elements
'Set chart title
chart.ChartTitle = "Clustered Cone Chart"
'Set legend
chart.HasLegend = True
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom
'Set rotation and elevation
chart.Rotation = 20
chart.Elevation = 20
'Set data labels
Dim serie1 As IChartSerie = chart.Series(0)
Dim serie2 As IChartSerie = chart.Series(1)
Dim serie3 As IChartSerie = chart.Series(2)
serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = True
serie2.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = True
serie3.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = True
'Positioning the chart in the worksheet
chart.TopRow = 8
chart.LeftColumn = 1
chart.BottomRow = 23
chart.RightColumn = 8
'Saving the workbook
Dim stream As Stream = File.Create("Output.xlsx")
workbook.SaveAs(stream)
End Using
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Conclusion
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