How to create Excel stacked bar cylinder chart in C#, VB.NET?
This article explains how to create a Stacked Bar Cylinder Chart in Excel using the Syncfusion Excel (XlsIO) library.
What is a Stacked Bar Cylinder Chart?
A variation on a column/bar chart that uses cylinder shapes instead of rectangular columns/bars is called a Cylinder Chart. In a stacked bar cylinder chart, each series is horizontally stacked one after the other.
Stacked Bar Cylinder Chart
To create a stacked bar cylinder chart in Excel using XlsIO, you need to follow the steps below.
Steps to create a Stacked Bar Cylinder Chart:
Step 1: Initialize chart
Create a chart object by calling the worksheet.Charts.Add method and specify the chart type to ExcelChartType.Cylinder_Bar_Stacked enumeration value.
C#
//Create the chart IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add(); //Set chart type to Cylinder_Bar_Stacked chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Cylinder_Bar_Stacked;
Step 2: Assign data
Set a range of data from the worksheet to the chart’s DataRange property. To plot the series values in a column and categories in a row, set the chart’s IsSeriesInRows property to false.
C#
//Set region of chart data
chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"];
//Set chart series in column for the assigned data region
chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
Step 3: Apply basic chart elements
Addthe basic elements like chart title, data labels, and legend using the properties below.
- ChartTitle of the chart object.
- Set DataLabels via DefaultDataPoint.
- Set TRUE to the chart’s HasLegend property, to show the legend.
C#
// Set chart title
chart.ChartTitle = "Stacked Bar Cylinder 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;
Step 4: Apply 3D chart elements
Add the 3D chart elements like rotation and elevation.
- Rotation and Elevation of the chart object.
C#
//Set rotation and elevation chart.Rotation = 20; chart.Elevation = 20;
Applicable properties for Stacked Bar Cylinder Chart
Below is the list of other common properties applicable to a stacked bar cylinder chart.
- GapWidth
- GapDepth
- BarShapeBase & BarShapeTop (to change the shape of the column/bar)Note:
Applying properties apart from the mentioned list might throw exceptions, or the changes will not be reflected in the output document because those properties are not related to the stacked bar cylinder chart.
To know more about creating charts with various settings using the Syncfusion Excel (XlsIO) library, please refer to the documentation.
The following C#/ VB.NET complete code snippet shows the creation of stacked bar cylinder 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.Cylinder_Bar_Stacked;
// Assign data
chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"];
chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
// Apply chart elements
// Set chart title
chart.ChartTitle = "Stacked Bar Cylinder 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.NET
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.Cylinder_Bar_Stacked 'Assign data chart.DataRange = worksheet("A1:D6") chart.IsSeriesInRows = False 'Apply chart elements 'Set chart title chart.ChartTitle = "Stacked Bar Cylinder 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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