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How to set size of bubbles for Excel bubble chart in C#, VB.NET?
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This article explains how to set the size of bubbles for a bubble chart using XlsIO.
How to set the size of bubbles?
To change the size of the bubbles in the bubble chart, change the BubbleScale property value in XlsIO. By default this value will be set to 100.
Code snippet to set bubble size
// Set bubble size IChartSerie serie = chart.Series.Add(); serie.SerieFormat.CommonSerieOptions.BubbleScale = 130;
To know more about creating charts with various settings using XlsIO, please refer to the documentation.
The following C#/ VB.NET complete code snippet shows how to set the size of bubbles for a bubble 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.Bubble; // Apply chart elements //Set chart title chart.ChartTitle = "Bubble Chart"; // Set legend chart.HasLegend = false; // Set category Labels and values IChartSerie serie = chart.Series.Add(); serie.CategoryLabels = worksheet.Range["B2:B4"]; serie.Values = worksheet.Range["C2:C4"]; serie.Bubbles = worksheet.Range["D2:D4"]; // Set bubble size serie.SerieFormat.CommonSerieOptions.BubbleScale = 130; // 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 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.Bubble 'Apply chart elements 'Set chart title chart.ChartTitle = "Bubble Chart" 'Set legend chart.HasLegend = False 'Set category Labels and values Dim serie As IChartSerie = chart.Series.Add serie.CategoryLabels = worksheet.Range("B2:B4") serie.Values = worksheet.Range("C2:C4") serie.Bubbles = worksheet.Range("D2:D4") 'Set bubble size serie.SerieFormat.CommonSerieOptions.BubbleScale = 130 '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
Bubble size set to 130 for bubble chart using XlsIO