Provide Series Data

• Aug 21, 2018
• 4 minutes to read

The Chart3DControl can display data specified by one or more series, each series bound to a set of points in three dimensions. When creating a chart, start with series, and then provide data for them.

This document describes how to provide the Chart3D control with data.

• Create Series Automatically from a Template
• Add a Series Manually
• Populate a Series with Unbound Point Data
• Populate Series with Points from a Data Source
• Populate a Series with Points from Arguments and Value Arrays

Create Series Automatically from a Template

Use the following XAML to create several series from a data source:

XAML

<dxc:Chart3DControl>
    <dxc:Series3DDataSourceAdapter DataSource="{Binding Irises}"
                                   SeriesDataMember="Species"
                                   XArgumentDataMember="SepalLength"
                                   YArgumentDataMember="PetalLength"
                                   ValueDataMember="SepalWidth">
        <dxc:Series3DDataSourceAdapter.SeriesTemplate>
            <dxc:Series3DTemplate>
                <dxc:Series3DTemplate.View>
                    <dxc:Point3DSeriesView/>
                </dxc:Series3DTemplate.View>
            </dxc:Series3DTemplate>
        </dxc:Series3DDataSourceAdapter.SeriesTemplate>
    </dxc:Series3DDataSourceAdapter>
</dxc:Chart3DControl>

The code above uses the following classes and properties:

Property or Class	Description
Chart3DControl.SeriesSource	The Chart3D control’s series source. (Content property)
Series3DDataSourceAdapter	Generates series from a data source.
Series3DDataSourceAdapter.SeriesTemplate	The series template.

Note that automatically generated series can be fine-tuned using the Series3DDataSourceAdapter.CustomizeSeries event.

Create Series Manually

The following XAML can be utilized to provide the series to the Chart3D control manually:

XAML

<dxc:Chart3DControl>
    <dxc:Series3DStorage>
        <dxc:Series3D/>
    </dxc:Series3DStorage>
</dxc:Chart3DControl>

The code snippet above uses the following classes and members:

Class or Property	Description
Chart3DControl.SeriesSource	The series source of the Chart3D control. (Content property)
Series3DStorage	The manually created series’ storage.
Series3D	An individual series.

Create a Series Manually with Unbound Point Data

The series storage allows you to create and configure series points manually if you do not have a data source of arguments and values. The following XAML demonstrates this method:

XAML

<dxc:Series3D DisplayName="GDP by Year">
    <dxc:SeriesPoint3DStorage>
        <dxc:SeriesPoint3D XArgument="USA" YArgument="1/1/2014" Value="17348"/>
        <!--Other points.-->
    </dxc:SeriesPoint3DStorage >
</dxc:Series3D >

The following properties and classes are used in the snippets above:

Class or Property	Description
Series3D.PointSource	The source of series’ points. (Content property)
SeriesPoint3DStorage	The storage of manually created points.
SeriesPoint3DStorage.Points	The collection of manually created points. (Content property)
SeriesPoint3D	An individual series point.
SeriesPoint3D.XArgument	The X-argument value of the individual series point.
SeriesPoint3D.YArgument	The Y-argument value of the individual series point.
SeriesPoint3D.Value	The value of the individual series point.

Create Series Manually with Points from a Data Source

Use the following XAML to populate a series with points generated from an external source:

XAML

<dxc:Series3D DisplayName="Population Statistics">
    <dxc:SeriesPoint3DDataSourceAdapter DataSource="{Binding Countries}"
                                        XArgumentDataMember="Name"
                                        YArgumentDataMember="Year"
                                        ValueDataMember="Population"/>
</dxc:Series3D >

The code snippet above uses the following properties and classes:

Class or Property	Description
Series3D.PointSource	The source of series’ points. (Content property)
SeriesPoint3DDataSourceAdapter	Generates series points based on the specified data source’s values.
SeriesPoint3DDataSourceAdapter.DataSource	The source whose values are used to generate series points.
SeriesPoint3DDataSourceAdapter.XArgumentDataMember	The name of the data member whose values are used as X-arguments of points.
SeriesPoint3DDataSourceAdapter.YArgumentDataMember	The name of the data member whose values are used as Y-arguments of points.
SeriesPoint3DDataSourceAdapter.ValueDataMember	The name of the data member whose values are used as values of points.

Create Series Manually with Points from Arguments and Value Arrays

Use the following approach to provide data using arrays of X- and Y-arguments and values:

XAML

<dxc:Series3D DisplayName="Population Statistics">
    <dxc:SeriesPoint3DMatrixAdapter XArguments="{Binding CountryNames}"
                                    YArguments="{Binding Years}"
                                    Values="{Binding Populations}"/>
</dxc:Series3D >

The code snippet above uses the following properties and classes:

Class or Property	Description
Series3D.PointSource	The source of series’ points. (Content property)
SeriesPoint3DMatrixAdapter	Creates series points by the specified arguments and values.
SeriesPoint3DMatrixAdapter.XArguments	The X argument values.
SeriesPoint3DMatrixAdapter.YArguments	The Y argument values.
SeriesPoint3DMatrixAdapter.Values	The values.

The points are formed using the following principles: for each X argument value, all Y argument values and the required number (the Y arguments count) of values are selected from collections. Use the SeriesPoint3DMatrixAdapter.IsCorrectDimension property to check whether the value collection contains the required number of values to plot the grid.