Inserting Chart Axis Title Dynamically in Spreadsheet Document

Note
The code uses some of the objects defined in The Business Layer.
Note
This feature is supported by version 18.1 or greater.

Column Chart in Microsoft Excel Document

Creating a Column Chart

Following steps, you can create a column chart in MS Excel 2013:

  1. Create a new Workbook
  2. Click the “Insert” tab, and then click “Insert Column Chart” icon in the Charts group to view the drop-down list
  3. Select the “100% Stacked Column” and press “OK” to insert the chart and Worksheet template to your Worksheet
  4. Edit the Worksheet with your data to update the chart
  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:

  • A report must show the quantity of sales/orders
  • Sales/orders quantity must be represented by Quarters
  • It must associate order quantity with the corresponding customer
  • A report must be generated in the Spreadsheet Document

Adding Syntax to be Evaluated by GroupDocs.Assembly Engine

Chart Title

<<[title]>><<foreach [in orders
.Where(c => c.OrderDate.Year == 2015)
.GroupBy(c => c.Customer)
.OrderBy(g => g.Key.CustomerName)]>><<x [Key.CustomerName]>>

Chart Data

Legend Entries

="1st Quarter<<y [Where(c => c.OrderDate.Month >= 1 && c.OrderDate.Month <= 3).Sum(c => c.ProductQuantity)]>>"
="2nd Quarter<<y [Where(c => c.OrderDate.Month >= 4 && c.OrderDate.Month <= 6).Sum(c => c.ProductQuantity)]>>"
="3rd Quarter<<y [Where(c => c.OrderDate.Month >= 7 && c.OrderDate.Month <= 9).Sum(c => c.ProductQuantity)]>>"
="4th Quarter<<y [Where(c => c.OrderDate.Month >= 10 && c.OrderDate.Month <= 12).Sum(c => c.ProductQuantity)]>>"

Download Template

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

Generating The Report