ChoroplethMapDashboardItem Class

A Choropleth Map dashboard item that colors areas depending on the provided values.

Namespace : DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Assembly : DevExpress.Dashboard.v25.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Dashboard.Core

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public class ChoroplethMapDashboardItem :
    MapDashboardItem,
    IElementContainer

Public Class ChoroplethMapDashboardItem
    Inherits MapDashboardItem
    Implements IElementContainer

Remarks

The Choropleth Map dashboard item allows you to colorize required areas in proportion to the provided values. For instance, you can visualize a sales amount or population density.

The following documentation is available.

Example

The following code snippet demonstrates how to bind a Choropleth Map dashboard item to data in code.

Form1.cs
Form1.vb

csharp

using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;
using DevExpress.DataAccess.ConnectionParameters;
using DevExpress.DataAccess.Sql;

namespace Dashboard_CreateChoroplethMap {
    public partial class Form1 : DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm
    {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();

            Dashboard dashboard = new Dashboard();

            DashboardSqlDataSource dataSource = new DashboardSqlDataSource();
            CustomSqlQuery sqlQuery = new CustomSqlQuery("Countries", "select * from Countries");
            dataSource.ConnectionParameters = new Access97ConnectionParameters(@"..\..\Data\countriesDB.mdb", "", "");
            dataSource.Queries.Add(sqlQuery);

            ChoroplethMapDashboardItem choroplethMap = new ChoroplethMapDashboardItem();
            choroplethMap.DataSource = dataSource;
            choroplethMap.DataMember = "Countries";

            choroplethMap.Area = ShapefileArea.WorldCountries;

            choroplethMap.AttributeName = "NAME";
            choroplethMap.AttributeDimension = new Dimension("Country");

            ValueMap populationMap = new ValueMap(new Measure("Population"));
            choroplethMap.Maps.Add(populationMap);

            dashboard.Items.Add(choroplethMap);
            dashboardViewer1.Dashboard = dashboard;
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.DashboardCommon
Imports DevExpress.DataAccess.ConnectionParameters
Imports DevExpress.DataAccess.Sql

Namespace Dashboard_CreateChoroplethMap
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()

            Dim dashboard As New Dashboard()

            Dim dataSource As New DashboardSqlDataSource()
            Dim sqlQuery As New CustomSqlQuery("Countries", "select * from Countries")
            dataSource.ConnectionParameters = New Access97ConnectionParameters("..\..\Data\countriesDB.mdb", "", "")
            dataSource.Queries.Add(sqlQuery)

            Dim choroplethMap As New ChoroplethMapDashboardItem()
            choroplethMap.DataSource = dataSource
            choroplethMap.DataMember = "Countries"

            choroplethMap.Area = ShapefileArea.WorldCountries

            choroplethMap.AttributeName = "NAME"
            choroplethMap.AttributeDimension = New Dimension("Country")

            Dim populationMap As New ValueMap(New Measure("Population"))
            choroplethMap.Maps.Add(populationMap)

            dashboard.Items.Add(choroplethMap)
            dashboardViewer1.Dashboard = dashboard
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Implements

ICustomPropertyProvider

Inheritance

Object DashboardItem DataDashboardItem MapDashboardItem ChoroplethMapDashboardItem