Side-by-Side Full-Stacked Bar Chart

Oct 02, 2023
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Short Description

The Side-By-Side Full-Stacked Bar Chart is represented by the SideBySideFullStackedBar3DSeriesView object, which belongs to Bar Series Views. This view combines the advantages of both the Full-Stacked Bar and Side-by-Side Bar chart types, so that you can stack different bars, and combine them into groups shown side-by-side across the same axis value (via the SideBySideFullStackedBar3DSeriesView.StackedGroup property).

Note

When using series template binding for Side-by-Side Full-Stacked Bars, the SideBySideFullStackedBar3DSeriesView.StackedGroup property should be specified at runtime, in the ChartControl.BoundDataChanged event handler.

A Side-By-Side Full-Stacked Bar chart is shown in the image below.

Note

A Side-By-Side Full-Stacked Bar chart can display series containing data points with positive or negative values. However, a series with positive values is stacked only with other series containing positive values; and a series with negative values is stacked with other series containing negative values.

Note that if a series contains data points with both positive and negative values, it is treated as a series with positive values, while all its negative values are treated as zeros.

Chart Type Characteristics

The table below lists the main characteristics of this chart type.

Feature	Value
Series View type	SideBySideFullStackedBar3DSeriesView
Diagram type	XYDiagram3D
Number of arguments per series point	1
Number of values per series point	1

Note

For information on which chart types can be combined with the Side-by-Side Full-Stacked Bar Chart , refer to the Series Views Compatibility document.

Example

This example demonstrates how to create a chart with series of the SideBySideFullStackedBar3DSeriesView type, and add this chart to a form at runtime. Before proceeding with this example, first create a Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio, and include all necessary assemblies to the References list of your project.

Then, add the following code to the Form.Load event handler.

C#
VB.NET

csharp

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
// ...

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    // Create a new chart.
    ChartControl stackedBarChart = new ChartControl();

    // Create four side-by-side full-stacked bar series.
    Series series1 = new Series("Series 1", ViewType.SideBySideFullStackedBar3D);
    Series series2 = new Series("Series 2", ViewType.SideBySideFullStackedBar3D);
    Series series3 = new Series("Series 3", ViewType.SideBySideFullStackedBar3D);
    Series series4 = new Series("Series 4", ViewType.SideBySideFullStackedBar3D);

    // Add points to them
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("A", 10));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("B", 12));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("C", 14));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("D", 17));

    series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("A", 5));
    series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("B", 8));
    series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("C", 5));
    series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("D", 3));

    series3.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("A", 11));
    series3.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("B", 13));
    series3.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("C", 15));
    series3.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("D", 18));

    series4.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("A", 6));
    series4.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("B", 9));
    series4.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("C", 6));
    series4.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("D", 4));

    // Add all series to the chart.
    stackedBarChart.Series.AddRange
        (new Series[] { series1, series2, series3, series4 });

    // Group the first two series under the same stack.
    ((SideBySideFullStackedBar3DSeriesView)series1.View).StackedGroup = 0;
    ((SideBySideFullStackedBar3DSeriesView)series2.View).StackedGroup = 0;

    // Access the type-specific options of the diagram.
    ((XYDiagram3D)stackedBarChart.Diagram).RuntimeZooming = true;

    // Hide the legend (if necessary).
    stackedBarChart.Legend.Visible = false;

    // Add a title to the chart (if necessary).
    stackedBarChart.Titles.Add(new ChartTitle());
    stackedBarChart.Titles[0].Text = "A 3D Side-By-Side Full-Stacked Bar Chart";
    stackedBarChart.Titles[0].WordWrap = true;

    // Add the chart to the form.
    stackedBarChart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
    this.Controls.Add(stackedBarChart);
}

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts
' ...

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, _ 
ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    ' Create a new chart.
    Dim stackedBarChart As New ChartControl()

    ' Create four side-by-side full-stacked bar series.
    Dim series1 As New Series("Series 1", ViewType.SideBySideFullStackedBar3D)
    Dim series2 As New Series("Series 2", ViewType.SideBySideFullStackedBar3D)
    Dim series3 As New Series("Series 3", ViewType.SideBySideFullStackedBar3D)
    Dim series4 As New Series("Series 4", ViewType.SideBySideFullStackedBar3D)

    ' Add points to them
    series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("A", 10))
    series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("B", 12))
    series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("C", 14))
    series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("D", 17))

    series2.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("A", 5))
    series2.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("B", 8))
    series2.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("C", 5))
    series2.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("D", 3))

    series3.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("A", 11))
    series3.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("B", 13))
    series3.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("C", 15))
    series3.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("D", 18))

    series4.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("A", 6))
    series4.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("B", 9))
    series4.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("C", 6))
    series4.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("D", 4))

    ' Add all series to the chart.
    stackedBarChart.Series.AddRange (New Series() { series1, series2, series3, series4 })

    ' Group the first two series under the same stack.
    CType(series1.View, SideBySideFullStackedBar3DSeriesView).StackedGroup = 0
    CType(series2.View, SideBySideFullStackedBar3DSeriesView).StackedGroup = 0

    ' Access the type-specific options of the diagram.
    CType(stackedBarChart.Diagram, XYDiagram3D).RuntimeZooming = True

    ' Hide the legend (if necessary).
    stackedBarChart.Legend.Visible = False

    ' Add a title to the chart (if necessary).
    stackedBarChart.Titles.Add(New ChartTitle())
    stackedBarChart.Titles(0).Text = "A 3D Side-By-Side Full-Stacked Bar Chart"
    stackedBarChart.Titles(0).WordWrap = True

    ' Add the chart to the form.
    stackedBarChart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
    Me.Controls.Add(stackedBarChart)
End Sub