How to create Excel stacked area chart in C#, VB.NET?
This article explains how to create a stacked area chart in Excel using the Syncfusion® Excel (XlsIO) library.
What is stacked area chart?
Stacked area charts are useful to show the trend of the contribution of each value over time or other category data in a 2-D format.
Stacked Area Chart
To create a stacked area chart in Excel using XlsIO, you need to perform the following steps:
Steps to create a stacked area chart:
Step 1: Initialize the chart
Create a chart object by calling the worksheet.Charts.Add method and specify the chart type to the ExcelChartType.Area_Stacked enum value.
C#
// Create the chart IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add(); // Set chart type to Area_Stacked chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Area_Stacked;
Step 2: Assign data
Set a range of data from the worksheet to the chart’s DataRange property. To plot the series values in columns and categories in rows, set the chart’s IsSeriesInRows property to false.
C#
// Set region of Chart data chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"]; // Set chart series in column for assigned data region chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
Step 3: Apply basic chart elements
Add the basic elements like the chart title and legend.
- ChartTitle of the chart object.
- Set TRUE to the chart’s HasLegend property, to show the legend.
C#
// Apply chart elements // Set Chart Title chart.ChartTitle = "Stacked Area Chart"; // Set Legend chart.HasLegend = true; chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
Applicable properties for stacked area chart
Common property applicable for stacked area chart is
- IsVarycolor (This property holds good for single series chart).Note:
Applying other properties apart from the above mentioned property might throw an exception or the changes will not be reflected in the output document because those properties are not related to area chart.
To know more about creating charts with various settings using Syncfusion® Excel (XlsIO) library, please refer the documentation.
The following C#/ VB.NET complete code snippet shows the creation of stacked area chart using XlsIO.
C#
using Syncfusion.XlsIO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;
namespace ChartSample
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016;
//Open existing workbook with data entered
Assembly assembly = typeof(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
Stream fileStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ChartSample.InputTemplate.xlsx");
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream);
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
//Initialize chart
IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add();
chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Area_Stacked;
//Assign data
chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"];
chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
//Apply chart elements
//Set Chart Title
chart.ChartTitle = "Stacked Area Chart";
//Set Legend
chart.HasLegend = true;
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
//Positioning the chart in the worksheet
chart.TopRow = 8;
chart.LeftColumn = 1;
chart.BottomRow = 23;
chart.RightColumn = 8;
//Saving and closing the workbook
Stream stream = File.Create("Output.xlsx");
workbook.SaveAs(stream);
workbook.Close();
}
}
}
}
VB.NET
Imports Syncfusion.XlsIO
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.IO
Namespace ChartSample
Class Program
Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016
'Open existing workbook with data entered
Dim assembly As Assembly = GetType(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly
Dim fileStream As Stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ChartSample.InputTemplate.xlsx")
Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream)
Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
'Initialize chart
Dim chart As IChartShape = worksheet.Charts.Add()
chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Area_Stacked
'Assign data
chart.DataRange = worksheet("A1:D6")
chart.IsSeriesInRows = False
'Apply chart elements
'Set Chart Title
chart.ChartTitle = "Stacked Area Chart"
'Set Legend
chart.HasLegend = True
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom
'Positioning chart in the worksheet
chart.TopRow = 8
chart.LeftColumn = 1
chart.BottomRow = 23
chart.RightColumn = 8
'Saving and closing the workbook
Dim stream As Stream = File.Create("Output.xlsx")
workbook.SaveAs(stream)
workbook.Close()
End Using
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
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