Column Chart in Word Processing Document

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In this article, we will use GroupDocs.Assembly to generate a Column Chart Report with Filtered, Ordered and Grouped Data in Word Processing Document format.
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The code uses some of the objects defined in The Business Layer.

Column Chart in Microsoft Word Document

Creating a Column Chart

Practising the following steps, you can insert a Column Chart in MS Word 2013:

  1. Click in the document where you want to insert the chart, click the “Insert” tab, and then click “Chart” in the illustrations group to open the “Insert Chart” dialog box.
  2. Select “Column” in the sidebar, you will see a gallery of charts.
  3. Select the “100% Stacked Column” and press “OK” to insert the chart and Worksheet template to your document.
  4. Edit the Worksheet with your data to update the chart. See Chart Data (Excel).
  5. Save your Document.

Reporting Requirement

As a report developer, you are required to share orders quantity of the customers dynamically with the following key requirements:

  • Report must show total Contract Prices by Quarters
  • Report must be generated in the Word Processing Document.

Adding Syntax to be evaluated by GroupDocs.Assembly Engine

Chart Title

Total Contract Prices by Quarters<<foreach [in getContracts()
.where(c => c.getDate().getYear() + 1900 == 2015)
.groupBy(c => c.getManager())
.orderBy(g => g.key.getName())]>><<x [key.getName()]>>

Chart Data (Excel)

 

1st Quarter<<y [where(c => c.getDate().getMonth() >= 0 && c.getDate().getMonth() <= 2).sum(c => c.getPrice())]>>

2nd Quarter<<y [where(c => c.getDate().getMonth() >= 3 && c.getDate().getMonth() <= 5).sum(c => c.getPrice())]>>

3rd Quarter<<y [where(c => c.getDate().getMonth() >= 6 && c.getDate().getMonth() <= 8).sum(c => c.getPrice())]>>

4th Quarter<<y [where(c => c.getDate().getMonth() >= 9 && c.getDate().getMonth() <= 11).sum(c => c.getPrice())]>>

Category 1

4.3

2.4

2

3

Category 2

2.5

4.4

2

2

Category 3

3.5

1.8

3

5

Category 4

4.5

2.8

5

2

### Download Template

Please download the sample Chart with Filtering, Grouping, and Ordering document we created in this article:

Generating The Report

Column Chart in OpenOffice Document

To be investigated.