Column Chart in Email Document

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

Column Chart in Email Document

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This feature is supported by version 17.8.0 or greater.

Creating a Column Chart

Please follow below steps to create a column chart in MS Outlook 2013:

  1. Create a new Email.
  2. Click the “Insert” tab, and then click “Chart” in the illustrations group to open the “Insert Chart” dialog box.
  3. Select “Column” in the sidebar, you will see a gallery of charts.
  4. Select the “100% Stacked Column” and press “OK” to insert the chart and Worksheet template to your email.
  5. Edit the Worksheet with your data to update the chart.
  6. Save your Email.

Reporting Requirement

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

  • A report must be in .eml or .msg format.
  • It must add email recipient, CSS and subject of the email.
  • A report must show total Order Quantity by Quarters

Adding Syntax to be evaluated by GroupDocs.Assembly Engine

Chart Title

Total Order Quantity by Quarters<<foreach
[in orders
.Where(c => c.OrderDate.Year == 2015)
.GroupBy(c => c.Customer)
.OrderBy(g => g.Key.CustomerName)]>><<x
[Key.CustomerName]>>

Chart Data (Excel)

 

1st Quarter<<y [Where(c => c.Date.Month >= 1 && c.Date.Month <= 3).Sum(c => c.ProductQuantity)]>>

2nd Quarter<<y [Where(c => c.Date.Month >= 4 && c.Date.Month <= 6).Sum(c => c.ProductQuantity)]>>

3rd Quarter<<y [Where(c => c.Date.Month >= 7 && c.Date.Month <= 9).Sum(c => c.ProductQuantity)]>>

4th Quarter<<y [Where(c => c.Date.Month >= 10 && c.Date.Month <= 12).Sum(c => c.ProductQuantity)]>>

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

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

Download Template

Please download the sample Chart Template we created in this article:

Generating The Report