asposecells.api
Class Chart

Encapsulates the object that represents a single Excel chart.

Example:

workbook = Workbook()
sheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0)
cells = sheet.getCells()
cells.get(0, 1).putValue("Income")
cells.get(1, 0).putValue("Company A")
cells.get(2, 0).putValue("Company B")
cells.get(3, 0).putValue("Company C")
cells.get(1, 1).putValue(10000)
cells.get(2, 1).putValue(20000)
cells.get(3, 1).putValue(30000)
chartIndex = sheet.getCharts().add(ChartType.COLUMN, 9, 9, 21, 15)
chart = sheet.getCharts().get(chartIndex)
chart.getNSeries().add("B2:B4", True)
chart.getNSeries().setCategoryData("A2:A4")
aSeries = chart.getNSeries().get(0)
aSeries.setName("=B1")
chart.setLegendShown(True)
chart.getTitle().setText("Income Analysis")

Property Getters/Setters Summary
methodgetActualChartSize()
           Gets actual size of chart
methodgetAutoScaling()
methodsetAutoScaling(value)
           True if Microsoft Excel scales a 3-D chart so that it's closer in size to the equivalent 2-D chart. The RightAngleAxes property must be True.
methodgetBackWall()
           Returns a Walls object that represents the back wall of a 3-D chart.
methodgetCategoryAxis()
           Gets the chart's X axis.
methodgetChartArea()
           Gets the chart area in the worksheet
methodgetChartDataTable()
           Represents the chart data table.
methodgetChartObject()
           Represents the chartShape;
methodgetChartShape()
           Represents the chartShape;
methodgetDepthPercent()
methodsetDepthPercent(value)
           Represents the depth of a 3-D chart as a percentage of the chart width (between 20 and 2000 percent).
methodgetElevation()
methodsetElevation(value)
           Represents the elevation of the 3-D chart view, in degrees.
methodgetFirstSliceAngle()
methodsetFirstSliceAngle(value)
           Gets or sets the angle of the first pie-chart or doughnut-chart slice, in degrees (clockwise from vertical). Applies only to pie, 3-D pie, and doughnut charts, 0 to 360.
methodgetFloor()
           Returns a Floor object that represents the walls of a 3-D chart.
methodgetGapDepth()
methodsetGapDepth(value)
           Gets or sets the distance between the data series in a 3-D chart, as a percentage of the marker width. The value of this property must be between 0 and 500.
methodgetGapWidth()
methodsetGapWidth(value)
           Returns or sets the space between bar or column clusters, as a percentage of the bar or column width. The value of this property must be between 0 and 500.
methodgetHeightPercent()
methodsetHeightPercent(value)
           Returns or sets the height of a 3-D chart as a percentage of the chart width (between 5 and 500 percent).
methodgetHidePivotFieldButtons()
methodsetHidePivotFieldButtons(value)
           Indicates whether hide the pivot chart field buttons only when the chart is PivotChart
methodgetIs3D()
           Indicates whether the chart is a 3d chart.
methodisRectangularCornered()
methodsetRectangularCornered(value)
           Gets or sets a value indicating whether the chart area is rectangular cornered. Default is true.
methodgetLegend()
           Gets the chart legend.
methodgetLine()
           Gets the line.
methodgetName()
methodsetName(value)
           Gets and sets the name of the chart.
methodgetNSeries()
           Gets a SeriesCollection collection representing the data series in the chart.
methodgetPageSetup()
           Represents the page setup description in this chart.
methodgetPerspective()
methodsetPerspective(value)
           Returns or sets the perspective for the 3-D chart view. Must be between 0 and 100. This property is ignored if the RightAngleAxes property is True.
methodgetPivotOptions()
           Specifies the pivot controls that appear on the chart
methodgetPivotSource()
methodsetPivotSource(value)
           The source is the data of the pivotTable. If PivotSource is not empty ,the chart is PivotChart.
methodgetPlacement()
methodsetPlacement(value)
           Represents the way the chart is attached to the cells below it. The value of the property is PlacementType integer constant.
methodgetPlotArea()
           Gets the chart's plot area which includes axis tick lables.
methodgetPlotAreaWithoutTickLabels()
           Gets the chart's plot area which does not inculde axis tick lables.
methodgetPlotEmptyCellsType()
methodsetPlotEmptyCellsType(value)
           Gets and sets how to plot the empty cells. The value of the property is PlotEmptyCellsType integer constant.
methodgetPlotVisibleCells()
methodsetPlotVisibleCells(value)
           Indicates whether only plot visible cells.
methodgetPrintSize()
methodsetPrintSize(value)
           Gets and sets the printed chart size. The value of the property is PrintSizeType integer constant.
methodgetRightAngleAxes()
methodsetRightAngleAxes(value)
           True if the chart axes are at right angles.Applies only for 3-D charts(except Column3D and 3-D Pie Charts).
methodgetRotationAngle()
methodsetRotationAngle(value)
           Represents the rotation of the 3-D chart view (the rotation of the plot area around the z-axis, in degrees).
methodgetSecondCategoryAxis()
           Gets the chart's second X axis.
methodgetSecondValueAxis()
           Gets the chart's second Y axis.
methodgetSeriesAxis()
           Gets the chart's series axis.
methodgetShapes()
           Returns all drawing shapes in this chart.
methodgetShowDataTable()
methodsetShowDataTable(value)
           Gets or sets a value indicating whether the chart displays a data table.
methodgetShowLegend()
methodsetShowLegend(value)
           Gets or sets a value indicating whether the chart legend will be displayed. Default is true.
methodgetSideWall()
           Returns a Walls object that represents the side wall of a 3-D chart.
methodgetSizeWithWindow()
methodsetSizeWithWindow(value)
           True if Microsoft Excel resizes the chart to match the size of the chart sheet window.
methodgetStyle()
methodsetStyle(value)
           Gets and sets the builtin style.
methodgetSubTitle()
           Gets the chart's sub-title. Only for ODS format file.
methodgetTitle()
           Gets the chart's title.
methodgetType()
methodsetType(value)
           Gets or sets a chart's type. The value of the property is ChartType integer constant.
methodgetValueAxis()
           Gets the chart's Y axis.
methodgetWalls()
           Returns a Walls object that represents the walls of a 3-D chart.
methodgetWallsAndGridlines2D()
methodsetWallsAndGridlines2D(value)
           True if gridlines are drawn two-dimensionally on a 3-D chart.
methodgetWorksheet()
           Gets the worksheet which contains this chart.
 
Method Summary
methodcalculate()
           Calcuate the custom position of plot area, axises if the position of them are auto assigned.
methodhasAxis(aixsType, isPrimary)
           Returns which axes exist on the chart.
methodisChartDataChanged()
           Detects if a chart's data source has changed.
methodmove(upperLeftRow, upperLeftColumn, lowerRightRow, lowerRightColumn)
           Moves the chart to a specified location.
methodrefreshPivotData()
           Refreshes pivot chart's data from it's pivot data source.
methodsetChartDataRange(area, isVertical)
           Specifies data range for a chart.
methodtoImage(imageFile)
           Creates the chart image and saves it to a file. The extension of the file name determines the format of the image.
methodtoImage(imageFile, imageFormat)
           Creates the chart image and saves it to a file in the specified format.
methodtoImage(imageFile, options)
           Creates the chart image and saves it to a file. The extension of the file name determines the format of the image.
methodtoImage(imageFile, jpegQuality)
           Creates the chart image and saves it to a file in the Jpeg format.
methodtoImageBytes(options)
           Creates the chart image and saves it to a byte array in the specified format.
methodtoPdf(fileName)
           Saves the chart to a pdf file.
methodtoPdf(fileName, desiredPageWidth, desiredPageHeight, hAlignmentType, vAlignmentType)
           Saves the chart to a pdf file.
methodtoPdfBytes()
           Creates the chart pdf and saves it to a byte array.
methodtoPdfBytes(desiredPageWidth, desiredPageHeight, hAlignmentType, vAlignmentType)
           Creates the chart pdf and saves it to a byte array.
 

Property Getters/Setters Detail

getStyle/setStyle : int 

int getStyle() / setStyle(value)
Gets and sets the builtin style. It should be between 1 and 48. Return -1 if it's not be set.

getChartObject : ChartShape 

ChartShape getChartObject()
Represents the chartShape;

getHidePivotFieldButtons/setHidePivotFieldButtons : boolean 

boolean getHidePivotFieldButtons() / setHidePivotFieldButtons(value)
Indicates whether hide the pivot chart field buttons only when the chart is PivotChart

getPivotOptions : PivotOptions 

PivotOptions getPivotOptions()
Specifies the pivot controls that appear on the chart

getPivotSource/setPivotSource : String 

String getPivotSource() / setPivotSource(value)
The source is the data of the pivotTable. If PivotSource is not empty ,the chart is PivotChart. If the pivot table "PivotTable1" in the Worksheet "Sheet1" in the file "Book1.xls". The pivotSource could be "[Book1.xls]Sheet1!PivotTable1" if the chart and the PivotTable is not in the same workbook. If you set this property ,the previous data source setting will be lost.

getPlotEmptyCellsType/setPlotEmptyCellsType : int 

int getPlotEmptyCellsType() / setPlotEmptyCellsType(value)
Gets and sets how to plot the empty cells. The value of the property is PlotEmptyCellsType integer constant.

getPlotVisibleCells/setPlotVisibleCells : boolean 

boolean getPlotVisibleCells() / setPlotVisibleCells(value)
Indicates whether only plot visible cells.

getName/setName : String 

String getName() / setName(value)
Gets and sets the name of the chart.

getSizeWithWindow/setSizeWithWindow : boolean 

boolean getSizeWithWindow() / setSizeWithWindow(value)
True if Microsoft Excel resizes the chart to match the size of the chart sheet window.

getWorksheet : Worksheet 

Worksheet getWorksheet()
Gets the worksheet which contains this chart.

getShapes : ShapeCollection 

ShapeCollection getShapes()
Returns all drawing shapes in this chart.

getPrintSize/setPrintSize : int 

int getPrintSize() / setPrintSize(value)
Gets and sets the printed chart size. The value of the property is PrintSizeType integer constant.

getType/setType : int 

int getType() / setType(value)
Gets or sets a chart's type. The value of the property is ChartType integer constant.

getNSeries : SeriesCollection 

SeriesCollection getNSeries()
Gets a SeriesCollection collection representing the data series in the chart.

getTitle : Title 

Title getTitle()
Gets the chart's title.

getSubTitle : Title 

Title getSubTitle()
Gets the chart's sub-title. Only for ODS format file.

getPlotAreaWithoutTickLabels : ChartFrame 

ChartFrame getPlotAreaWithoutTickLabels()
Gets the chart's plot area which does not inculde axis tick lables. NOTE: This member is now obsolete. Instead, please use ChartPlotArea.InnerX,ChartPlotArea.InnerY,ChartPlotArea.InnerWidth and ChartPlotArea.InnerHeight property. This property will be removed 12 months later since March 2012. Aspose apologizes for any inconvenience you may have experienced.

getPlotArea : PlotArea 

PlotArea getPlotArea()
Gets the chart's plot area which includes axis tick lables.

getChartArea : ChartArea 

ChartArea getChartArea()
Gets the chart area in the worksheet

getCategoryAxis : Axis 

Axis getCategoryAxis()
Gets the chart's X axis.

getValueAxis : Axis 

Axis getValueAxis()
Gets the chart's Y axis.

getSecondValueAxis : Axis 

Axis getSecondValueAxis()
Gets the chart's second Y axis.

getSecondCategoryAxis : Axis 

Axis getSecondCategoryAxis()
Gets the chart's second X axis.

getSeriesAxis : Axis 

Axis getSeriesAxis()
Gets the chart's series axis.

getLegend : Legend 

Legend getLegend()
Gets the chart legend.

getChartDataTable : ChartDataTable 

ChartDataTable getChartDataTable()
Represents the chart data table.

getShowLegend/setShowLegend : boolean 

boolean getShowLegend() / setShowLegend(value)
Gets or sets a value indicating whether the chart legend will be displayed. Default is true.

isRectangularCornered/setRectangularCornered : boolean 

boolean isRectangularCornered() / setRectangularCornered(value)
Gets or sets a value indicating whether the chart area is rectangular cornered. Default is true.

getShowDataTable/setShowDataTable : boolean 

boolean getShowDataTable() / setShowDataTable(value)
Gets or sets a value indicating whether the chart displays a data table.

getFirstSliceAngle/setFirstSliceAngle : int 

int getFirstSliceAngle() / setFirstSliceAngle(value)
Gets or sets the angle of the first pie-chart or doughnut-chart slice, in degrees (clockwise from vertical). Applies only to pie, 3-D pie, and doughnut charts, 0 to 360.

getGapWidth/setGapWidth : int 

int getGapWidth() / setGapWidth(value)
Returns or sets the space between bar or column clusters, as a percentage of the bar or column width. The value of this property must be between 0 and 500.

getGapDepth/setGapDepth : int 

int getGapDepth() / setGapDepth(value)
Gets or sets the distance between the data series in a 3-D chart, as a percentage of the marker width. The value of this property must be between 0 and 500.

getFloor : Floor 

Floor getFloor()
Returns a Floor object that represents the walls of a 3-D chart. This property doesn't apply to 3-D pie charts.

getWalls : Walls 

Walls getWalls()
Returns a Walls object that represents the walls of a 3-D chart. This property doesn't apply to 3-D pie charts.

getBackWall : Walls 

Walls getBackWall()
Returns a Walls object that represents the back wall of a 3-D chart.

getSideWall : Walls 

Walls getSideWall()
Returns a Walls object that represents the side wall of a 3-D chart.

getWallsAndGridlines2D/setWallsAndGridlines2D : boolean 

boolean getWallsAndGridlines2D() / setWallsAndGridlines2D(value)
True if gridlines are drawn two-dimensionally on a 3-D chart.

getRotationAngle/setRotationAngle : int 

int getRotationAngle() / setRotationAngle(value)
Represents the rotation of the 3-D chart view (the rotation of the plot area around the z-axis, in degrees). The value of this property must be from 0 to 360, except for 3-D bar charts, where the value must be from 0 to 44. The default value is 20. Applies only to 3-D charts.

getElevation/setElevation : int 

int getElevation() / setElevation(value)
Represents the elevation of the 3-D chart view, in degrees. The chart elevation is the height at which you view the chart, in degrees. The default is 15 for most chart types. The value of this property must be between -90 and 90, except for 3-D bar charts, where it must be between 0 and 44.

getRightAngleAxes/setRightAngleAxes : boolean 

boolean getRightAngleAxes() / setRightAngleAxes(value)
True if the chart axes are at right angles.Applies only for 3-D charts(except Column3D and 3-D Pie Charts). If this property is True, the Perspective property is ignored.

getAutoScaling/setAutoScaling : boolean 

boolean getAutoScaling() / setAutoScaling(value)
True if Microsoft Excel scales a 3-D chart so that it's closer in size to the equivalent 2-D chart. The RightAngleAxes property must be True.

getHeightPercent/setHeightPercent : int 

int getHeightPercent() / setHeightPercent(value)
Returns or sets the height of a 3-D chart as a percentage of the chart width (between 5 and 500 percent).

getPerspective/setPerspective : int 

int getPerspective() / setPerspective(value)
Returns or sets the perspective for the 3-D chart view. Must be between 0 and 100. This property is ignored if the RightAngleAxes property is True.

getIs3D : boolean 

boolean getIs3D()
Indicates whether the chart is a 3d chart.

getDepthPercent/setDepthPercent : int 

int getDepthPercent() / setDepthPercent(value)
Represents the depth of a 3-D chart as a percentage of the chart width (between 20 and 2000 percent).

getActualChartSize : Dimension 

Dimension getActualChartSize()
Gets actual size of chart

getPlacement/setPlacement : int 

int getPlacement() / setPlacement(value)
Represents the way the chart is attached to the cells below it. The value of the property is PlacementType integer constant.

getPageSetup : PageSetup 

PageSetup getPageSetup()
Represents the page setup description in this chart.

getChartShape : ChartShape 

ChartShape getChartShape()
Represents the chartShape; NOTE: This member is now obsolete. Instead, please use Aspose.Cells.Charts.Chart.ChartObject property. This property will be removed 12 months later since JANUARY 2012. Aspose apologizes for any inconvenience you may have experienced.

getLine : Line 

Line getLine()
Gets the line.

Method Detail

toImage

 toImage(imageFile)
Creates the chart image and saves it to a file. The extension of the file name determines the format of the image.

The format of the image is specified by using the extension of the file name. For example, if you specify "myfile.png", then the image will be saved in the PNG format. The following file extensions are recognized: .bmp, .gif, .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .tiff, .tif, .emf.

If the width or height is zero or the chart is not supported according to Supported Charts List, this method will do nothing. Please refer to Supported Charts List for more details.
Parameters:
imageFile: String - The image file name with full path.

toImage

 toImage(imageFile, imageFormat)
Creates the chart image and saves it to a file in the specified format.

The format of the image is specified by using imageFormat. The following formats are supported: ImageFormat.Bmp, ImageFormat.Gif, ImageFormat.Png, ImageFormat.Jpeg, ImageFormat.Tiff, ImageFormat.Emf.

If the width or height is zero or the chart is not supported according to Supported Charts List, this method will do nothing. Please refer to Supported Charts List for more details.
Parameters:
imageFile: String - The image file name with full path.
imageFormat: ImageFormat - The format in which to save the image.

toImage

 toImage(imageFile, jpegQuality)
Creates the chart image and saves it to a file in the Jpeg format. If the width or height is zero or the chart is not supported according to Supported Charts List, this method will do nothing. Please refer to Supported Charts List for more details.
Parameters:
imageFile: String - The image file name with full path.
jpegQuality: long - Jpeg quality.

toPdf

 toPdf(fileName)
Saves the chart to a pdf file.
Parameters:
fileName: String - the pdf file name with full path

toPdf

 toPdf(fileName, desiredPageWidth, desiredPageHeight, hAlignmentType, vAlignmentType)
Saves the chart to a pdf file.
Parameters:
fileName: String - the pdf file name with full path
desiredPageWidth: float - The desired page width in inches.
desiredPageHeight: float - The desired page height in inches.
hAlignmentType: int - A PageLayoutAlignmentType value. The chart horizontal alignment type in the output page.
vAlignmentType: int - A PageLayoutAlignmentType value. The chart vertical alignment type in the output page.

toImage

 toImage(imageFile, options)
Creates the chart image and saves it to a file. The extension of the file name determines the format of the image.

The format of the image is specified by using the extension of the file name. For example, if you specify "myfile.png", then the image will be saved in the PNG format. The following file extensions are recognized: .bmp, .gif, .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .tiff, .tif, .emf.

If the width or height is zero or the chart is not supported according to Supported Charts List, this method will do nothing. Please refer to Supported Charts List for more details.
Parameters:
imageFile: String - The image file name with full path.
options: ImageOrPrintOptions - Addtional image creation options

Example:

options = ImageOrPrintOptions()
options.setHorizontalResolution(300)
options.setVerticalResolution(300)

book = Workbook("Book2.xlsx")
book.getWorksheets().get(3).getCharts().get(0).toImage("chart.png", options)

hasAxis

boolean hasAxis(aixsType, isPrimary)
Returns which axes exist on the chart. Normarlly, Pie, PieExploded, PiePie,PieBar, Pie3D, Pie3DExploded,Doughnut, DoughnutExploded is no axis.
Parameters:
aixsType - A AxisType value.

setChartDataRange

 setChartDataRange(area, isVertical)
Specifies data range for a chart.
Parameters:
area: String - Specifies values from which to plot the data series
isVertical: boolean - Specifies whether to plot the series from a range of cell values by row or by column.

isChartDataChanged

boolean isChartDataChanged()
Detects if a chart's data source has changed. The method detects the changes in the chart's data source before rendering the chart to image format. At first Chart.toImage call, the chart source data (e.g. XValuesParseData, ValuesParseData) will be recorded. Before calling the Chart.toImage method again, call IsChartDataChanged method to check if Chart needs re-rendering.
Returns:
Returns true if the chart has changed otherwise returns false

refreshPivotData

 refreshPivotData()
Refreshes pivot chart's data from it's pivot data source. We will gather data from pivot data source to the pivot chart cache. This method is only used to gather all data to a pivot chart.

move

 move(upperLeftRow, upperLeftColumn, lowerRightRow, lowerRightColumn)
Moves the chart to a specified location.
Parameters:
upperLeftColumn: int - Upper left column index.
upperLeftRow: int - Upper left row index.
lowerRightColumn: int - Lower right column index
lowerRightRow: int - Lower right row index

calculate

 calculate()
Calcuate the custom position of plot area, axises if the position of them are auto assigned.

toImageBytes

 toImageBytes(options)
Creates the chart image and saves it to a byte array in the specified format.

The format of the image is specified by using options.ImageFormat. The following formats are supported: ImageFormat.Bmp, ImageFormat.Gif, ImageFormat.Png, ImageFormat.Jpeg, ImageFormat.Tiff, ImageFormat.Emf.

If the width or height is zero or the chart is not supported according to Supported Charts List, this method will do nothing. Please refer to Supported Charts List for more details.
Parameters:
options: ImageOrPrintOptions - Addtional image creation options
Returns:
A byte array.

Example:

import jpype
import asposecells
jpype.startJVM()
from asposecells.api import *

wb = Workbook("Book2.xlsx")
imgOptions = ImageOrPrintOptions()
imgOptions.setHorizontalResolution(200)
imgOptions.setVerticalResolution(300)
imgOptions.setImageFormat(ImageFormat.getJpeg())
chart = wb.getWorksheets().get("Chart").getCharts().get(0)
with open("chart.jpeg", "wb") as w:
    content = chart.toImageBytes(imgOptions)
    w.write(content)

jpype.shutdownJVM()
				

toPdfBytes

 toPdfBytes()
Creates the chart pdf and saves it to a byte array.
Returns:
A byte array.

Example:

import jpype
import asposecells
jpype.startJVM()
from asposecells.api import *

wb = Workbook("Book2.xlsx")
chart = wb.getWorksheets().get("Chart").getCharts().get(0)
with open("chart.pdf", "wb") as w:
    content = chart.toPdfBytes()
    w.write(content)

jpype.shutdownJVM()
				

toPdfBytes

 toPdfBytes(desiredPageWidth, desiredPageHeight, hAlignmentType, vAlignmentType)
Creates the chart pdf and saves it to a byte array.
Parameters:
desiredPageWidth: float - The desired page width in inches
desiredPageHeight: float - The desired page height in inches
hAlignmentType: int - A PageLayoutAlignmentType value. The chart horizontal alignment type in the output page
vAlignmentType: int - A PageLayoutAlignmentType value. The chart vertical alignment type in the output page
Returns:
A byte array.

Example:

import jpype
import asposecells
jpype.startJVM()
from asposecells.api import *

wb = Workbook("Book2.xlsx")
chart = wb.getWorksheets().get("Chart").getCharts().get(0)
with open("chart2.pdf", "wb") as w:
    content = chart.toPdfBytes(80, 60, PageLayoutAlignmentType.LEFT, PageLayoutAlignmentType.TOP)
    w.write(content)

jpype.shutdownJVM()
				

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