Series Class

Represents an individual series within a chart control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v20.1.dll

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

Declaration

C#

public class Series :
    SeriesBase,
    IDisposable,
    ISupportInitialize,
    ICustomTypeDescriptor,
    ISeries,
    ISeriesBase,
    ISeriesPointFactory,
    IXtraSerializable,
    ISupportID,
    IDataSourceChangedEventHandlerProvider

VB.NET

Public Class Series
    Inherits SeriesBase
    Implements IDisposable,
               ISupportInitialize,
               ICustomTypeDescriptor,
               ISeries,
               ISeriesBase,
               ISeriesPointFactory,
               IXtraSerializable,
               ISupportID,
               IDataSourceChangedEventHandlerProvider

Related API Members

The following members return Series objects:

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Library	Related API Members
Cross-Platform Class Library	CrosshairElement.Series
	CrosshairLegendElementBase.Series
	CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.Series
	CustomizePieTotalLabelEventArgs.Series
	PieSeriesPointExplodedEventArgs.Series
	PivotGridSeriesPointsExcludedEventArgs.Series
	SeriesCollection.Item[Int32]
	SeriesCollection.Item[String]
	SeriesPointCollection.Owner
WinForms Controls	ChartControl.GetSeriesByName(String)
Reporting	XRChart.GetSeriesByName(String)
ASP.NET Web Forms Controls	WebChartControl.GetSeriesByName(String)

Remarks

The Series class defines the functionality of individual series objects within a chart control.

In addition to the settings inherited from the base SeriesBase class, the Series class exposes the properties which allow you to define a series name (Series.Name), specify its data source (Series.DataSource) and customize its data points (Series.Points).

The most important characteristic of a series is its view type, which determines the particular visual representation of data.

Series can be created either at design time or in code, in the following two ways.

• Manually, by adding individual items to the ChartControl.Series collection, represented by an object of the SeriesCollection type. This collection allows you to manipulate its items by adding new or removing existing series objects. Then, a particular Series object can be accessed within the collection using indexer notation (see the SeriesCollection.Item property).
• Automatically, based on the chart’s data source, by specifying common series settings via the ChartControl.SeriesTemplate property. Note that series created in this way are not stored in the ChartControl.Series collection.

For more information on using both these approaches, refer to Create a Series Manually .

Note that the sequence in which series are drawn corresponds to the order they have in the collection.

For more information, refer to Series.

Example

This example demonstrates how to create a ChartControl with two series of the SideBySideBarSeriesView type at runtime:

• Add a chart to the WinForms project and specify the chart’s data source.
• Create two series and add them to the chart.
• Specify data members for the series.
• Configure series view settings.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
// ...

namespace SideBySideBar2D {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            // Create an empty chart.
            ChartControl chart = new ChartControl();

            // Bind a chart to a data source.
            chart.DataSource = DataPoint.GetDataPoints();

            // Create the first series and specify its data members.
            Series series1 = new Series("2018", ViewType.Bar);
            series1.ArgumentDataMember = "Region";
            series1.ValueDataMembers.AddRange("Value1");

            // Create the second series and specify its data members.
            Series series2 = new Series("2019", ViewType.Bar);
            series2.ArgumentDataMember = "Region";
            series2.ValueDataMembers.AddRange("Value2");

            // Add series to the chart.
            chart.Series.AddRange(new Series[] { series1, series2 });

            // Change the first series's view settings.
            SideBySideBarSeriesView view1 = series1.View as SideBySideBarSeriesView;
            // The BarDistance, BarDistanceFixed, and EqualBarWidth property values are synchronized 
            // in all Side-by-Side Bar Series in a ChartControl.
            // So, you can specify them only for one series view.
            view1.BarDistance = 0.1;
            view1.BarDistanceFixed = 2;
            view1.BarWidth = 0.4;
            view1.EqualBarWidth = true;
            view1.Color = Color.MediumSeaGreen;

            // Change the second series's view settings.
            SideBySideBarSeriesView view2 = series2.View as SideBySideBarSeriesView;
            view2.BarWidth = 0.4;
            view2.Color = Color.MediumVioletRed;

            // Change the legend position.
            chart.Legend.AlignmentHorizontal = LegendAlignmentHorizontal.Right;
            chart.Legend.AlignmentVertical = LegendAlignmentVertical.Bottom;

            // Rotate the diagram.
            ((XYDiagram)chart.Diagram).Rotated = true;

            // Configure the x-axis appearance.
            ((XYDiagram)chart.Diagram).AxisX.Tickmarks.MinorVisible = false;
            ((XYDiagram)chart.Diagram).AxisX.Reverse = true;

            // Add a title to the chart.
            ChartTitle chartTitle1 = new ChartTitle();
            chartTitle1.Text = "Sales by Region";
            chart.Titles.Add(chartTitle1);

            // Add the chart to the form.
            chart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
            this.Controls.Add(chart);
        }
    }

    public class DataPoint {
        public string Region { get; set; }
        public double Value1 { get; set; }
        public double Value2 { get; set; }
        public DataPoint(string region, double value1, double value2) {
            this.Region = region;
            this.Value1 = value1;
            this.Value2 = value2;
        }
        public static BindingList<DataPoint> GetDataPoints() {
            BindingList<DataPoint> data = new BindingList<DataPoint> {
                new DataPoint("Asia", 4.7685, 5.289),
                new DataPoint("Australia", 1.9576, 2.2727),
                new DataPoint("Europe", 3.0884, 3.7257),
                new DataPoint("North America", 3.7477, 4.1825),
                new DataPoint("South America", 1.8945, 2.1172),
            };
            return data;
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

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

Namespace SideBySideBar2D
    Public Partial Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent
        End Sub

        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            ' Create an empty chart.
            Dim chart As ChartControl = New ChartControl

            ' Bind a chart to a data source.
            chart.DataSource = DataPoint.GetDataPoints

            ' Create the first series and specify its data members.
            Dim series1 As Series = New Series("2018", ViewType.Bar)
            series1.ArgumentDataMember = "Region"
            series1.ValueDataMembers.AddRange("Value1")

            ' Create the second series and specify its data members.
            Dim series2 As Series = New Series("2019", ViewType.Bar)
            series2.ArgumentDataMember = "Region"
            series2.ValueDataMembers.AddRange("Value2")

            ' Add series to the chart.
            chart.Series.AddRange(New Series() {series1, series2})

            ' Change the first series's view settings.
            Dim view1 As SideBySideBarSeriesView = TryCast(series1.View, SideBySideBarSeriesView)

            ' The BarDistance, BarDistanceFixed, and EqualBarWidth property values are synchronized 
            ' in all Side-by-Side Bar Series in a ChartControl.
            ' So, you can specify them only for one series view.
            view1.BarDistance = 0.1
            view1.BarDistanceFixed = 2
            view1.BarWidth = 0.4
            view1.EqualBarWidth = True
            view1.Color = Color.MediumSeaGreen

            ' Change the second series's view settings.
            Dim view2 As SideBySideBarSeriesView = TryCast(series2.View, SideBySideBarSeriesView)
            view2.BarWidth = 0.4
            view2.Color = Color.MediumVioletRed

            ' Change the legend position.
            chart.Legend.AlignmentHorizontal = LegendAlignmentHorizontal.Right
            chart.Legend.AlignmentVertical = LegendAlignmentVertical.Bottom

            ' Rotate the diagram.
            CType(chart.Diagram, XYDiagram).Rotated = True

            ' Configure the x-axis appearance.
            CType(chart.Diagram, XYDiagram).AxisX.Tickmarks.MinorVisible = False
            CType(chart.Diagram, XYDiagram).AxisX.Reverse = True

            ' Add a title to the chart.
            Dim chartTitle1 As ChartTitle = New ChartTitle
            chartTitle1.Text = "Sales by Region"
            chart.Titles.Add(chartTitle1)

            ' Add the chart to the form.
            chart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
            Me.Controls.Add(chart)
        End Sub
    End Class

    Public Class DataPoint
        Public Property Region As String
        Public Property Value1 As Double
        Public Property Value2 As Double

        Public Sub New(ByVal region As String, ByVal value1 As Double, ByVal value2 As Double)
            Me.Region = region
            Me.Value1 = value1
            Me.Value2 = value2
        End Sub

        Public Shared Function GetDataPoints() As BindingList(Of DataPoint)
            Dim data As BindingList(Of DataPoint) = New BindingList(Of DataPoint) From {
                New DataPoint("Asia", 4.7685, 5.289),
                New DataPoint("Australia", 1.9576, 2.2727),
                New DataPoint("Europe", 3.0884, 3.7257),
                New DataPoint("North America", 3.7477, 4.1825),
                New DataPoint("South America", 1.8945, 2.1172)
            }
            Return data
        End Function
    End Class
End Namespace

Implements

IXtraSupportDeserializeCollectionItem

IXtraSerializable

Inheritance

Object

ChartElement

SeriesBase

Series