DashboardFlatDataSource.GetColoringColumn(String) Method

Gets the coloring column corresponding to the data item.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v25.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Dashboard.Core

Declaration

C#

public DashboardFlatDataColumn GetColoringColumn(
    string dataItemId = null
)

VB.NET

Public Function GetColoringColumn(
    dataItemId As String = Nothing
) As DashboardFlatDataColumn

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
dataItemId	String	null	A data item’s unique id.

Returns

Type	Description
DashboardFlatDataColumn	A data column.

Remarks

If you enabled color variation by several measures, you can get a coloring column for the specified measure. For this, pass the measure’s unique id to the GetColoringColumn method as the dataItemId parameter; otherwise, you get the coloring column of the first measure in a data item section.

Use the DashboardFlatDataSourceOptions.AddColoringColumns method to specify whether coloring columns should be added to DashboardFlatDataSource.

The following code snippet gets a coloring column and binds it to a chart series:

C#

using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;
using DevExpress.DashboardWin;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;

public class CustomFunnelControlProvider : CustomControlProviderBase {
  CustomDashboardItem<CustomFunnelMetadata> dashboardItem;
  //...
  protected override void UpdateControl(CustomItemData customItemData){
      chart.Series.Clear();
      if(dashboardItem.Metadata.Value != null && dashboardItem.Metadata.Arguments.Count > 0) {
          Series series = new Series("A Funnel Series", ViewType.Funnel);
          flatData = customItemData.GetFlatData(new DashboardFlatDataSourceOptions() { AddColoringColumns = true });
          series.DataSource = flatData;
          series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(dashboardItem.Metadata.Value.UniqueId);
          series.ArgumentDataMember = dashboardItem.Metadata.Arguments.Last().UniqueId;
          series.ColorDataMember = flatData.GetColoringColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Value.UniqueId).Name;
          chart.Series.Add(series);
      }
  }
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.DashboardCommon
Imports DevExpress.DashboardWin
Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts

Public Class CustomFunnelControlProvider
    Inherits CustomControlProviderBase
  Private dashboardItem As CustomDashboardItem(Of CustomFunnelMetadata)
  '...
  Protected Overrides Sub UpdateControl(ByVal customItemData As CustomItemData)
      chart.Series.Clear()
      If dashboardItem.Metadata.Value IsNot Nothing AndAlso dashboardItem.Metadata.Arguments.Count > 0 Then
          Dim series As New Series("A Funnel Series", ViewType.Funnel)
          flatData = customItemData.GetFlatData(New DashboardFlatDataSourceOptions() With {.AddColoringColumns = True})
          series.DataSource = flatData
          series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(dashboardItem.Metadata.Value.UniqueId)
          series.ArgumentDataMember = dashboardItem.Metadata.Arguments.Last().UniqueId
          series.ColorDataMember = flatData.GetColoringColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Value.UniqueId).Name
          chart.Series.Add(series)
      End If
  End Sub
End Class