BoxPlotSeriesView.MeanMarkerKind Property

Gets or sets the Mean value’s marker kind.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

C#

[XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Appearance)]
public MarkerKind MeanMarkerKind { get; set; }

VB.NET

<XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Appearance)>
Public Property MeanMarkerKind As MarkerKind

Property Value

Type	Description
MarkerKind	The Mean value’s marker kind.

Available values:

Show 11 items

Name	Description
Square	Specifies a square marker.
Diamond	Specifies a diamond-shaped marker.
Triangle	Specifies a triangular marker.
InvertedTriangle	Specifies an inverted triangle marker.
Circle	Specifies a circular marker.
Plus	Specifies a plus-shaped marker.
Cross	Specifies a cross-shaped marker.
Star	Specifies a star-shaped marker.
Pentagon	Specifies a pentagonal marker.
Hexagon	Specifies a hexagonal marker.
ThinCross	Specifies a thin cross-shaped marker.

Remarks

Use the MeanMarkerSize property to change the Mean value’s marker size.

Example

This example shows how to create a Box Plot chart.

• Add a Chart Control to a WinForms project.
• Add a series to a chart.
• Specify the series data members.
• Use the BoxPlotSeriesView object to configure the series view options.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace BoxPlotChart {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            Series series = new Series("Box Plot", ViewType.BoxPlot);
            series.DataSource = DataPoint.GetDataPoints();
            series.SetBoxPlotDataMembersWithOutliers("Argument", "Min", "Quartile1", "Median", "Quartile3", "Max", "Mean", "Outliers");
            chartControl1.Series.Add(series);

            BoxPlotSeriesView view = series.View as BoxPlotSeriesView;
            view.EqualBoxWidth = true;
            view.Color = Color.CadetBlue;
            view.CapWidthPercentage = 50;
            view.MeanAndMedianColor = Color.Black;
            view.MeanMarkerKind = MarkerKind.ThinCross;
            view.MeanMarkerSize = 10;
            view.Border.Color = Color.Black;
            view.Border.Thickness = 1;
            view.Border.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;

            XYDiagram diagram = chartControl1.Diagram as XYDiagram;
            diagram.AxisX.Tickmarks.MinorVisible = false;
        }
    }
    public class DataPoint {
        public string Argument { get; set; }
        public double Min { get; set; } 
        public double Max { get; set; }
        public double Quartile1 { get; set; }
        public double Quartile3 { get; set; }
        public double Median { get; set; }
        public double Mean { get; set; }
        public double[] Outliers { get; set; }
        public DataPoint(string argument, double min, double max, double q1, double q3, double median, double mean, double[] outliers) {
            this.Argument = argument;
            this.Min = min;
            this.Max = max;
            this.Quartile1 = q1;
            this.Quartile3 = q3;
            this.Median = median;
            this.Mean = mean;
            this.Outliers = outliers;
        }
        public static List<DataPoint> GetDataPoints() {
            List<DataPoint> data = new List<DataPoint> {
                new DataPoint("June", 46, 94, 64, 76, 70, 73, new double[]{ 30, 96.3, 99.56 }),
                new DataPoint("July", 33, 121, 66, 88, 77, 75, new double[]{ 20, 22, 132.7 }),
                new DataPoint("August", 10, 90, 40, 60, 50, 55, new double[]{ 4, 5, 95.4, 99.3, 109 })
            };
            return data;
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Namespace BoxPlotChart
    Public Partial Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub

        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            Dim series As Series = New Series("Box Plot", ViewType.BoxPlot)
            series.DataSource = DataPoint.GetDataPoints()
            series.SetBoxPlotDataMembersWithOutliers("Argument", "Min", "Quartile1", "Median", "Quartile3", "Max", "Mean", "Outliers")
            chartControl1.Series.Add(series)
            Dim view As BoxPlotSeriesView = TryCast(series.View, BoxPlotSeriesView)
            view.EqualBoxWidth = True
            view.Color = Color.CadetBlue
            view.CapWidthPercentage = 50
            view.MeanAndMedianColor = Color.Black
            view.MeanMarkerKind = MarkerKind.ThinCross
            view.MeanMarkerSize = 10
            view.Border.Color = Color.Black
            view.Border.Thickness = 1
            view.Border.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.[True]
            Dim diagram As XYDiagram = TryCast(chartControl1.Diagram, XYDiagram)
            diagram.AxisX.Tickmarks.MinorVisible = False
        End Sub
    End Class

    Public Class DataPoint
        Public Property Argument As String
        Public Property Min As Double
        Public Property Max As Double
        Public Property Quartile1 As Double
        Public Property Quartile3 As Double
        Public Property Median As Double
        Public Property Mean As Double
        Public Property Outliers As Double()

        Public Sub New(ByVal argument As String, ByVal min As Double, ByVal max As Double, ByVal q1 As Double, ByVal q3 As Double, ByVal median As Double, ByVal mean As Double, ByVal outliers As Double())
            Me.Argument = argument
            Me.Min = min
            Me.Max = max
            Me.Quartile1 = q1
            Me.Quartile3 = q3
            Me.Median = median
            Me.Mean = mean
            Me.Outliers = outliers
        End Sub

        Public Shared Function GetDataPoints() As List(Of DataPoint)
            Dim data As List(Of DataPoint) = New List(Of DataPoint) From {
                New DataPoint("June", 46, 94, 64, 76, 70, 73, New Double() {30, 96.3, 99.56}),
                New DataPoint("July", 33, 121, 66, 88, 77, 75, New Double() {20, 22, 132.7}),
                New DataPoint("August", 10, 90, 40, 60, 50, 55, New Double() {4, 5, 95.4, 99.3, 109})
            }
            Return data
        End Function
    End Class
End Namespace