SeriesCollection.Add(Series) Method

Appends the specified Series object to the current collection.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v21.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

C#

public int Add(
    Series series
)

VB.NET

Public Function Add(
    series As Series
) As Integer

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
series	Series	A Series object to append to the collection.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	An integer value indicating the position at which the new element was inserted.

Remarks

This method adds a Series object to the end of the collection.

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

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the Add(Series) method.

Note

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C#

winforms-charts-bind-individual-series-to-data/CS/Form1.cs#L40

Series series = new Series("Series1", ViewType.Bar);
chart.Series.Add(series);

winforms-charts-apply-the-best-fit-function-to-a-series/CS/LineOfBestFit/Form1.cs#L79

BestFit.Tag = tag;
this.chartControl1.Series.Add(BestFit);
textBox1.Text = r.ToString();

how-to-change-the-series-line-color-when-the-value-is-under-a-predefined-level-e462/CS/Form1.cs#L30

series.ColorDataMember = "Y";
chartControl1.Series.Add(series);
series.LabelsVisibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;

how-to-colorize-charts-using-the-color-object-colorizer-t245209/CS/ColorObjectColorizerExample/Form1.cs#L35

// Add the series to the ChartControl's Series collection.
chartControl1.Series.Add(barSeries);

winforms-charts-export-chart-to-xls/CS/Form1.cs#L15

Series series = new Series("Series1", ViewType.Bar);
chartControl1.Series.Add(series);
chartControl1.DataSource = GetSales();

VB.NET

winforms-charts-bind-individual-series-to-data/VB/Form1.vb#L42

Dim series As New Series("Series1", ViewType.Bar)
chart.Series.Add(series)

winforms-charts-apply-the-best-fit-function-to-a-series/VB/LineOfBestFit/Form1.vb#L87

BestFit.Tag = tag
chartControl1.Series.Add(BestFit)
textBox1.Text = r.ToString()

how-to-change-the-series-line-color-when-the-value-is-under-a-predefined-level-e462/VB/Form1.vb#L32

series.ColorDataMember = "Y"
chartControl1.Series.Add(series)
series.LabelsVisibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True

how-to-colorize-charts-using-the-color-object-colorizer-t245209/VB/ColorObjectColorizerExample/Form1.vb#L37

' Add the series to the ChartControl's Series collection.
chartControl1.Series.Add(barSeries)

xtracharts-how-to-create-a-model-for-a-custom-chart-element/VB/CustomChartElementModel/Form1.vb#L176

series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange("Value")
chart.Series.Add(series)
Dim view As SideBySideBarSeriesView = CType(series.View, SideBySideBarSeriesView)