Bubble Chart in Word Processing Document

Note
The code uses some of the objects defined in The Business Layer.

Bubble Chart in Microsoft Word Document

Creating a Bubble Chart

Please follow below steps to create a bubble 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 “X Y(Scatter)” in the sidebar, you will see a gallery of charts.
  3. Select the “Bubble” and press “OK” to insert the chart and Worksheet template to your document.
  4. Right click the chart and select ‘Edit Data’ to provide chart data. See Chart Data (Excel).
  5. Save your Document.

Reporting Requirement

As a report developer, you are required to share your sales/orders dynamically with the following key requirements:

  • A report must show variation in the sales/orders prices.
  • It must show which sale/order lie in which month.
  • A report must be generated in the Word Processing Document.

Adding Syntax to be evaluated by GroupDocs.Assembly Engine

Chart Title

Orders Prices by Months<<foreach [in orders
.GroupBy(c => c.OrderDate.Month)]>><<x [Key]>>

Chart Data (Excel)

X-Values

Total orders by months<<y [Sum(c => c.Price)]>><<size [Count()]>>

Size

0.7

2.7

10

1.8

3.2

4

2.6

0.8

8

Tip
For detailed technical information about syntax, expressions and report generation by the engine, please visit: Working with GroupDocs.Assembly Engine.

Download Bubble Chart Template

Please download the sample Bubble Chart document we created in this article:

Generating The Report

Custom Objects

Database Entities

Using DataSet

Using XML DataSource

Using JSON DataSource

Bubble Chart in OpenOffice Document

To be investigated.