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Series

A Series is a group of related data points plotted onto a chart control’s area.

Series

A series also allows you to access and customize the visual elements of data points, including data point labels and data point markers.

The following markup creates a pie chart with two series:

<Charts:PieChart>
    <Charts:PieChart.Series>
        <Charts:PieSeries DisplayName="GDP">
            <Charts:PieSeries.Data>
                <Charts:PointDataCollection>
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="New England" Value="0.917171" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Mideast" Value="3.135850" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Great Lakes" Value="2.395707" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Plains" Value="1.135432" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Southeast" Value="3.666005" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Southwest" Value="2.168498" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Rocky Mountain" Value="0.594843" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Far West" Value="3.219634" />
                </Charts:PointDataCollection>
            </Charts:PieSeries.Data>
        </Charts:PieSeries>
        <Charts:PieSeries DisplayName="GDP Per Capita">
            <Charts:PieSeries.Data>
                <Charts:PointDataCollection>
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="New England" Value="58.071" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Mideast" Value="58.649" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Great Lakes" Value="46.806" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Plains" Value="48.609" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Southeast" Value="41.362" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Southwest" Value="49.824" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Rocky Mountain" Value="46.972" />
                    <Charts:PointData Argument="Far West" Value="53.756" />
                </Charts:PointDataCollection>
            </Charts:PieSeries.Data>
        </Charts:PieSeries>
    </Charts:PieChart.Series>
</Charts:PieChart>

Refer to the following topic for more information on how to populate a chart with data: Load Chart Data.