How to create Excel 100% stacked line with markers chart in C#, VB.NET in WF XIsIO?

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This article explains how to create a 100% Stacked line with markers chart in an Excel using the Syncfusion® Excel (XlsIO) library.

What is a 100% stacked line with markers chart?

A 100% stacked line chart is a line chart in which lines do not overlap because they are cumulative at each point. The lines reach a total of 100% of the axis range at each point.

A 100% stacked line with markers chart displays series as a set of points connected by a line. Values are represented on the y-axis and categories are displayed on the x-axis.

What are markers?

Markers are circles, squares, triangles, or other shapes that mark the data points. Excel displays a unique marker with a different shape or color for each data series. XlsIO supports all the marker types present in Excel.

Create 100 Stacked Line Chart With Markers in Excel

100% Stacked Line With Markers Chart

To create a 100% stacked line with markers chart in Excel using XlsIO, you need to do the following steps.

Steps to create a 100% stacked line with markers chart

Step 1: Initialize the chart

Create a chart object by calling the worksheet.Charts.Add method and specify the chart type to the ExcelChartType.Line_Markers_Stacked_100 enum value.

            // Create the chart
            IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add();
 
            // Set chart type to Line_Markers_Stacked_100
            chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Line_Markers_Stacked_100;

Step 2: Assign data

Set a range of data from the worksheet to the chart’s DataRange property. To plot the series values in columns and categories in rows, set the 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;

Step 3: Apply basic chart elements

Add the basic elements like the chart title, legend and datalabels.

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

              // Apply chart elements
              // Set Chart Title
              chart.ChartTitle = "100% Stacked Line With Markers Chart";
                
              // Set DataLabels
              IChartSerie serie1 = chart.Series[0];
              serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true;
              serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.Position = ExcelDataLabelPosition.Left;
 
              // Set Legend
              chart.HasLegend = true;
              chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;

Properties used to modify the markers in the line charts

Below is the list of properties that are used to change the markers in line charts.

Note:

As line charts don’t have any interior settings, applying fill properties in line chart series might throw exception.

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To know more about creating charts with various settings using the Syncfusion® Excel (XlsIO) library, please refer the documentation.

The following C#/ VB.NET complete code snippet shows the creation of a 100% stacked line with markers chart using XlsIO.

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.Line_Markers_Stacked_100;
 
                // Assign data
                chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"];
                chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
 
                // Apply chart elements
                // Set Chart Title
                chart.ChartTitle = "100% Stacked Line With Markers 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;
                serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.Position = ExcelDataLabelPosition.Left;
                serie2.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.Position = ExcelDataLabelPosition.Left;
                serie3.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.Position = ExcelDataLabelPosition.Left;
 
                // 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.Line_Markers_Stacked_100
 
                'Assign data
                chart.DataRange = worksheet("A1:D6")
                chart.IsSeriesInRows = False
 
                'Apply chart elements
                'Set Chart Title
                chart.ChartTitle = "100% Stacked Line With Markers Chart"
 
                'Set Legend
                chart.HasLegend = True
                chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom
 
                'Set Datalabels
                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
                serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.Position = ExcelDataLabelPosition.Left
                serie2.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.Position = ExcelDataLabelPosition.Left
                serie3.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.Position = ExcelDataLabelPosition.Left
 
                '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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