Scatter Chart in Spreadsheet Document
In this article, we will use GroupDocs.Assembly to generate a Scatter Chart report in Spreadsheet Document format based on the use case: Working with a Business Case.
The code uses some of the objects defined in The Business Layer.
Scatter Chart in Microsoft Excel Document
Creating a Scatter Chart
Please follow below steps to create Scatter Chart in MS Excel 2013:
- Add a new Workbook.
- Click in the workbook where you want to insert the chart, click the “Insert” tab, and then click “Insert Scatter Chart Icon” in the charts group.
- A drop-down with charts will appear, select the “Scatter” and press “OK” to insert the chart.
- Click on the chart you just inserted, then click the “Change Data” icon in Data group.
- Now add legend entries. See Chart Data.
- Save your Document.
Reporting Requirement
As a report developer, you are required to show your customers’ orders prices by month with the following key requirements:
- Report must show information on a Scatter Chart.
- It must indicate Price of each order by month.
- Report must be generated in the Spreadsheet Document.
Adding Syntax to be evaluated by GroupDocs.Assembly Engine
Chart Title
Total Order Prices by Months<<foreach [in orders
.GroupBy(c => c.OrderDate.Month)]>>
Chart Data
Legend Entries
="Total Order Price<<x [Key]>><<y [Sum(c => c.Price)]>>"
For detailed technical information about syntax, expressions and report generation by the engine, please visit: Working with GroupDocs.Assembly Engine.
Download Scatter Chart Template
Please download the sample Scatter Chart document we created in this article:
- Scatter Chart.xlsx (Template for CustomObject and JSON examples)
- Scatter Chart_DB.xlsx (Template for DataSet, DataBase and XML examples)
Generating The Report
Custom Objects
Database Entities
Using DataSet
Using XML DataSource
Using JSON DataSource
Scatter Chart in OpenOffice Spreadsheet Document
To be investigated.