SeriesCollection Class

Represents a collection that stores individual series within a chart control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public class SeriesCollection :
    DisposableChartCollectionBase,
    IOwnedElement,
    ICollection<ISeries>,
    IEnumerable<ISeries>,
    IEnumerable

VB.NET

Public Class SeriesCollection
    Inherits DisposableChartCollectionBase
    Implements IOwnedElement,
               ICollection(Of ISeries),
               IEnumerable(Of ISeries),
               IEnumerable

Related API Members

The following members return SeriesCollection objects:

Library	Related API Members
WinForms Controls	ChartControl.Series
ASP.NET MVC Extensions	ChartControlSettings.Series
ASP.NET Web Forms Controls	WebChartControl.Series
.NET Reporting Tools	XRChart.Series

Remarks

Data series which are defined explicitly are maintained by a chart control within its ChartControl.Series collection. This collection is represented by the SeriesCollection class. The properties and methods exposed by the SeriesCollection class can be used to perform common collection operations such as adding new or deleting existing items. Each item of the collection is represented by a Series object. Individual series can be accessed using indexer notation.

Note that series which are bound to data at the level of a chart control (in particular, using the ChartControl.DataSource, ChartControl.SeriesDataMember and both the SeriesBase.ArgumentDataMember and SeriesBase.ValueDataMembers properties) are not presented within a collection of the SeriesCollection type. In order to access such series use the CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.Series property of the ChartControl.CustomDrawSeries or ChartControl.CustomDrawSeriesPoint events. In order to perform centralized customization of such series use the settings which are available via the ChartControl.SeriesTemplate property.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to create a ChartControl with two series of the SideBySideBarSeriesView type, and add this chart to a form at runtime. Before proceeding with this example, first create a Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio, and include all necessary assemblies to the References list of your project.

Then, add the following code to the Form.Load event handler.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/winforms-charts-create-side-by-side-bar-chart

Form1.cs

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

namespace SideBySideBar2D {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            // Create an empty chart.
            ChartControl sideBySideBarChart = new ChartControl();

            // Create the first side-by-side bar series and add points to it.
            Series series1 = new Series("Side-by-Side Bar Series 1", ViewType.Bar);
            series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("A",  10));
            series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("B", 12));
            series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("C", 14));
            series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("D", 17));

            // Create the second side-by-side bar series and add points to it.
            Series series2 = new Series("Side-by-Side Bar Series 2", ViewType.Bar);
            series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("A", 15));
            series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("B", 18));
            series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("C", 25));
            series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("D", 33));

            // Add the series to the chart.
            sideBySideBarChart.Series.Add(series1);
            sideBySideBarChart.Series.Add(series2);

            // Hide the legend (if necessary).
            sideBySideBarChart.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False;

            // Rotate the diagram (if necessary).
            ((XYDiagram)sideBySideBarChart.Diagram).Rotated = true;

            // Add a title to the chart (if necessary).
            ChartTitle chartTitle1 = new ChartTitle();
            chartTitle1.Text = "Side-by-Side Bar Chart";
            sideBySideBarChart.Titles.Add(chartTitle1);

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

    }
}

Form1.vb

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts
' ...

Namespace SideBySideBar2D
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub

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

            ' Create the first side-by-side bar series and add points to it.
            Dim series1 As New Series("Side-by-Side Bar Series 1", ViewType.Bar)
            series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("A", 10))
            series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("B", 12))
            series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("C", 14))
            series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("D", 17))

            ' Create the second side-by-side bar series and add points to it.
            Dim series2 As New Series("Side-by-Side Bar Series 2", ViewType.Bar)
            series2.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("A", 15))
            series2.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("B", 18))
            series2.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("C", 25))
            series2.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("D", 33))

            ' Add the series to the chart.
            sideBySideBarChart.Series.Add(series1)
            sideBySideBarChart.Series.Add(series2)

            ' Hide the legend (if necessary).
            sideBySideBarChart.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False

            ' Rotate the diagram (if necessary).
            CType(sideBySideBarChart.Diagram, XYDiagram).Rotated = True

            ' Add a title to the chart (if necessary).
            Dim chartTitle1 As New ChartTitle()
            chartTitle1.Text = "Side-by-Side Bar Chart"
            sideBySideBarChart.Titles.Add(chartTitle1)

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

    End Class
End Namespace

Inheritance

Object

CollectionBase

ChartCollectionBase

DevExpress.XtraCharts.DisposableChartCollectionBase

SeriesCollection