ChartCustomIndicator Class

A custom indicator in a chart dashboard item.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v23.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Dashboard.Core, DevExpress.Win.Dashboard.Design

Declaration

C#

public class ChartCustomIndicator :
    ChartIndicatorBase

VB.NET

Public Class ChartCustomIndicator
    Inherits ChartIndicatorBase

Remarks

The following example shows how to create a custom “Moving Average” indicator for a chart dashboard item:

View Example

Create a Custom Indicator Type

Create a ChartCustomIndicator descendant (the MovingIndicator class in this example). MovingIndicator accepts a collection of data points, evaluates the values, and returns the resulting points. These points are used to draw the indicator.

Register the Custom Indicator Type

Register the MovingIndicator type in IndicatorFactory to make this type available as the indicator type in the Trend Indicators editor.

Call the Register method in your application before you save and load a dashboard to serialize and deserialize the indicator within the dashboard XML.

Configure and Display the Indicator

Create an instance of MovingIndicator and specify the indicator settings:

This property is required to display the indicator in the Chart dashboard item when you launch the application:

Value

Specifies the measure data item that is used to calculate the trend indicator.

If you do not specify the following properties, their default values are used:

Name

Specifies the name of the trend indicator within the indicators collection.

ValueLevel

Gets or sets the value that specifies which series point value should be used to calculate the indicator.

ShowInLegend

Specifies whether to display the trend indicator in the legend.

LegendText

Specifies the text that identifies the trend indicator within the legend.

Thickness

Specifies the thickness of the indicator line.

Color

Specifies the trend indicator’s color.

DashStyle

Specifies the dash style used to paint the line.

Visible

Specifies whether to display the trend indicator.

Add MovingIndicator to the chart indicators collection to display the configured indicator in the UI.

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;
using DevExpress.DashboardCommon.ViewerData;

namespace WinForm {
    public partial class FormDesigner : Form {
        public FormDesigner() {
            try {
                IndicatorFactory.Register<MovingIndicator>("Moving average");
            } catch(Exception e) {
                MessageBox.Show(e.Message);
            }
            InitializeComponent();
            var dashboard = new Dashboard1();
            ChartDashboardItem chartItem = dashboard.Items.First(x => x.ComponentName == "chartDashboardItem1") as ChartDashboardItem;
            MovingIndicator trendLine = new MovingIndicator() {
                Name = "MovingLine1",
                Value = "DataItem1",
                ValueLevel = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ValueLevel.Value,
                Color = Color.Orange,
                LegendText = "Moving Average"
            };
            chartItem.Indicators.Add(trendLine);
            dashboardDesigner.Dashboard = dashboard;
            dashboardDesigner.CreateRibbon();
            dashboardDesigner.CreateCustomItemBars();
        }
    }

    public class MovingIndicator : ChartCustomIndicator {
        protected override Dictionary<AxisPoint, object> Calculate(Dictionary<AxisPoint, decimal?> values) {
            var items = new Dictionary<AxisPoint, object>(values.Count);

            var sum = decimal.Zero;
            var count = 0;
            foreach(KeyValuePair<AxisPoint, decimal?> point in values) {
                if(count == 0) {
                    items.Add(point.Key, null);
                } else {
                    items.Add(point.Key, sum / count);
                }
                sum += point.Value ?? 0;
                count++;
            }

            return items;
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.DashboardCommon
Imports DevExpress.DashboardCommon.ViewerData

Namespace WinForm
    Partial Public Class FormDesigner
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            Try
                IndicatorFactory.Register(Of MovingIndicator)("Moving average")
            Catch e As Exception
                MessageBox.Show(e.Message)
            End Try
            InitializeComponent()
            Dim dashboard = New Dashboard1()
            Dim chartItem As ChartDashboardItem = TryCast(dashboard.Items.First(Function(x) x.ComponentName = "chartDashboardItem1"), ChartDashboardItem)
            Dim trendLine As New MovingIndicator() With {
                .Name = "MovingLine1",
                .Value = "DataItem1",
                .ValueLevel = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ValueLevel.Value,
                .Color = Color.Orange,
                .LegendText = "Moving Average"
            }
            chartItem.Indicators.Add(trendLine)
            dashboardDesigner.Dashboard = dashboard
            dashboardDesigner.CreateRibbon()
            dashboardDesigner.CreateCustomItemBars()
        End Sub
    End Class

    Public Class MovingIndicator
        Inherits ChartCustomIndicator

        Protected Overrides Function Calculate(ByVal values As Dictionary(Of AxisPoint, Decimal?)) As Dictionary(Of AxisPoint, Object)
            Dim items = New Dictionary(Of AxisPoint, Object)(values.Count)

            Dim sum = Decimal.Zero
            Dim count = 0
            For Each point As KeyValuePair(Of AxisPoint, Decimal?) In values
                If count = 0 Then
                    items.Add(point.Key, Nothing)
                Else
                    items.Add(point.Key, sum / count)
                End If
                sum += If(point.Value, 0)
                count += 1
            Next point

            Return items
        End Function
    End Class
End Namespace

The following image illustrates the result:

More Examples

View Example: Dashboard for ASP.NET Core - Custom Trend Indicator

Inheritance

Object

ChartIndicatorBase

ChartCustomIndicator