Series.Name Property

Gets or sets the name of the series.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Charts, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Charts

Declaration

C#

[XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Misc)]
public string Name { get; set; }

VB.NET

<XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Misc)>
Public Property Name As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A String value representing the name of the series.

Remarks

Note

This property value is dependent on localization. That can be important, for instance, for the ChartControl.GetSeriesByName method.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-chart-draw-a-custom-series-marker-in-the-crosshair/CS/CustomDrawCrosshairSample/Form1.cs#L71

Bitmap image;
if (!bitmapCache.TryGetValue(element.Series.Name, out image)) {
    image = new Bitmap(totalWidth, totalHeight);

winforms-chart-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series/CS/CustomDrawingSample/Form1.cs#L57

private void OnObjectHotTracked(object sender, HotTrackEventArgs e) {
    trackedSeriesName = e.HitInfo.InSeries ? ((Series)e.HitInfo.Series).Name : null;
}

winforms-chart-add-images-for-legend-items/CS/Form1.cs#L42

private void chartControl1_CustomDrawSeries(object sender, CustomDrawSeriesEventArgs e) {
    e.LegendMarkerImage = photos[e.Series.Name];
}

how-to-show-chart-legend-with-markers-in-separate-control-e2366/CS/Form1.cs#L36

foreach (Series fakeSeries in chart.Series) {
    if (fakeSeries.Name == series.Name) {
        currentSeries = fakeSeries;

winforms-chart-create-custom-legend-radio-buttons-to-control-visibility-of-a-chart-series/CS/MainForm.cs#L41

    checkedSeries.CheckedInLegend = true;
    chartControl.Titles[0].Text = checkedSeries.Name;
}

VB.NET

winforms-chart-draw-a-custom-series-marker-in-the-crosshair/VB/CustomDrawCrosshairSample/Form1.vb#L73

Dim image As Bitmap
If Not bitmapCache.TryGetValue(element.Series.Name, image) Then
    image = New Bitmap(totalWidth, totalHeight)

winforms-chart-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series/VB/CustomDrawingSample/Form1.vb#L61

Private Sub OnObjectHotTracked(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As HotTrackEventArgs)
    trackedSeriesName = If(e.HitInfo.InSeries, CType(e.HitInfo.Series, Series).Name, Nothing)
End Sub

winforms-chart-add-images-for-legend-items/VB/Form1.vb#L44

Private Sub chartControl1_CustomDrawSeries(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CustomDrawSeriesEventArgs)
    e.LegendMarkerImage = photos(e.Series.Name)
End Sub

winforms-chart-create-custom-legend-radio-buttons-to-control-visibility-of-a-chart-series/VB/MainForm.vb#L47

    checkedSeries.CheckedInLegend = True
    chartControl.Titles(0).Text = checkedSeries.Name
End If

how-to-use-automatic-date-time-scale-modes-of-an-axis-e1531/VB/DateTimeAggregation/Form1.vb#L95

    LoadPoints(series, AssemblyHelper.GetEmbeddedResourceStream(GetType(ComboBoxItem).Assembly, xmlFile, False))
    series.Name = name
End Sub