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V24.2

SankeyDiagramControl.LayoutAlgorithm Property

Specifies Sankey layout algorithm settings.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts.Sankey

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v24.2.UI.dll

Declaration

public SankeyLayoutAlgorithmBase LayoutAlgorithm { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Description
SankeyLayoutAlgorithmBase

Contains Sankey layout algorithm settings.

Remarks

Linear Layout Algorithm

You can use the predefined linear layout algorithm. Cast the LayoutAlgorithm property value to SankeyLinearLayoutAlgorithm to change default settings. Use the SankeyLinearLayoutAlgorithm.NodeAlignment property to specify the node alignment.

The following example aligns nodes to the bottom of the SankeyDiagramControl:

Sankey Node Alignment

SankeyLinearLayoutAlgorithm layoutAlgorithm = (SankeyLinearLayoutAlgorithm)sankey.LayoutAlgorithm;
layoutAlgorithm.NodeAlignment = SankeyNodeAlignment.Near;

Custom Layout Algorithm

To implement a custom layout, create a descendant of the SankeyLayoutAlgorithmBase class. Override the SankeyLayoutAlgorithmBase.CalculateNodeBounds method to specify node bounds:

Custom Sankey layout algorithm

using DevExpress.Charts.Sankey;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts.Sankey;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
     SankeyDiagramControl sankeyDiagramControl1 = new SankeyDiagramControl();
     this.Controls.Add(sankeyDiagramControl1);
    List<SankeyItem> data = new List<SankeyItem> {
        new SankeyItem { Source = "France", Target = "UK", Value = 53 },
        new SankeyItem { Source = "Australia", Target = "UK", Value = 72 },
        new SankeyItem { Source = "France", Target = "Canada", Value = 81 },
        new SankeyItem { Source = "China", Target = "Canada", Value = 96 },
        new SankeyItem { Source = "UK", Target = "France", Value = 61 },
        new SankeyItem { Source = "Canada", Target = "France", Value = 89 } 
    };
    sankeyDiagramControl1.DataSource = data;
    sankeyDiagramControl1.SourceDataMember = "Source";
    sankeyDiagramControl1.TargetDataMember = "Target";
    sankeyDiagramControl1.WeightDataMember = "Value";

    sankeyDiagramControl1.LayoutAlgorithm = new MyLayoutAlgorithm();
    sankeyDiagramControl1.Width = 640;
    sankeyDiagramControl1.Height = 360;
}

public class SankeyItem {
    public string Source { get; set; }
    public string Target { get; set; }
    public double Value { get; set; }
}
public class MyLayoutAlgorithm : SankeyLayoutAlgorithmBase {

    void SpreadLevelIndex(ISankeyNodeLayoutItem node, int startingLevelIndex = 0) {
        node.LevelIndex = startingLevelIndex;
        if (node.OutputLinks == null)
            return;
        foreach (var outputLink in node.OutputLinks)
            SpreadLevelIndex(outputLink.Target, startingLevelIndex + 1);
    }
    public override void CalculateNodeBounds(IEnumerable<ISankeyNodeLayoutItem> nodes, DevExpress.Utils.DXRectangle bounds) {
        foreach (var node in nodes)
            if (node.InputLinks == null || node.InputLinks.Count == 0)
                SpreadLevelIndex(node);
        int nodeWidth = bounds.Width / 10;
        int nodeHeight = bounds.Height / 10;
        int levelCount = nodes.Max(node => node.LevelIndex) + 1;
        int spaceBetweenLevels = (bounds.Width - nodeWidth) / (levelCount - 1);
        int maxNodeCountInALevel = nodes.GroupBy(node => node.LevelIndex).Max(group => group.Count());
        int spaceBetweenNodes = (bounds.Height - nodeHeight) / (maxNodeCountInALevel - 1);
        Dictionary<int, int> levelNodeCountPairs = new Dictionary<int, int>();
        foreach (var node in nodes) {
            if (!levelNodeCountPairs.TryGetValue(node.LevelIndex, out int nodeCount))
                levelNodeCountPairs.Add(node.LevelIndex, 0);
            levelNodeCountPairs[node.LevelIndex]++;
            node.Bounds = new DevExpress.Utils.DXRectangle(bounds.Left + node.LevelIndex * spaceBetweenLevels, bounds.Top + nodeCount * spaceBetweenNodes, nodeWidth, nodeHeight);
        }
    }
}
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