# Bind a Series to a Data Source | WPF Controls | DevExpress Documentation

This document describes how to specify a data source for a manually created series so that it is populated with points based on the specified fields. This is an alternative approach to [adding series points manually](/WPF/7920/controls-and-libraries/charts-suite/chart-control/provide-data/add-points-to-a-series-manually).

After you [create a series manually](/WPF/7919/controls-and-libraries/charts-suite/chart-control/provide-data/create-a-series-manually), it is not displayed unless it has points. You can force a series to obtain its data from your project’s data source.

To do this, assign your data source to the [Series.DataSource](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Charts.Series.DataSource) property, and define the [Series.ArgumentDataMember](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Charts.Series.ArgumentDataMember) and [Series.ValueDataMember](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Charts.Series.ValueDataMember) properties.

If a series type requires more than one value to be provided for its points, these values are specified via attached properties (e.g., [BubbleSeries2D.WeightDataMember](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Charts.BubbleSeries2D.WeightDataMember)).

For code examples, refer to the following tutorials.

- [How to: Bind a Chart to an Observable Collection](/WPF/120492/controls-and-libraries/charts-suite/chart-control/examples/providing-data/how-to-bind-a-chart-to-an-observable-collection)
- [How to: Bind a Chart to Data from an MDB File](/WPF/6858/controls-and-libraries/charts-suite/chart-control/examples/providing-data/how-to-bind-a-chart-to-data-from-an-mdb-file)
- [How to: Bind a Chart to a Static Resource](/WPF/6855/controls-and-libraries/charts-suite/chart-control/examples/providing-data/how-to-bind-a-chart-to-a-static-resource)
- [How to: Bind a Chart to an XML Data Source using a Complex Data Path](/WPF/6856/controls-and-libraries/charts-suite/chart-control/examples/providing-data/how-to-bind-a-chart-to-an-xml-data-source-using-a-complex-data-path)
- [How to: Bind a Chart to an XML Data Source using the XPath Property](/WPF/6857/controls-and-libraries/charts-suite/chart-control/examples/providing-data/how-to-bind-a-chart-to-an-xml-data-source-using-the-xpath-property)

**MVVM Binding**

- [How to: Bind Series to View Models Using the Item Template](/WPF/118934/controls-and-libraries/charts-suite/chart-control/examples/providing-data/how-to-bind-series-to-view-models-using-the-item-template)
- [How to: Bind Series to View Models Using the Item Template Selector](/WPF/118933/controls-and-libraries/charts-suite/chart-control/examples/providing-data/how-to-bind-series-to-view-models-using-the-item-template-selector)

See Also

[Series](/WPF/6339/controls-and-libraries/charts-suite/chart-control/series/series)