Scatter Chart in Email Document

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In this article, we will use GroupDocs.Assembly to generate a Scatter Chart report in Email Document format.

Scatter Chart in Email Document

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This feature is supported by version 17.8.0 or greater

Creating a Scatter Chart

Please following below steps to create Scatter Chart in MS Outlook 2013:

  1. Create a new Email.
  2. Click in the email 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.
  3. Select “XY (Scatter)”.
  4. Preview “Scatter” 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 the template.

Reporting Requirement

As a report developer, you are required to show contract prices by month with the following key requirements:

  • Report must be in .eml or .msg format.
  • It must add email recipient, css and subject of the email.
  • Report must show information on a Scatter Chart.
  • It must indicate Price of each order by month.

Adding Syntax to be evaluated by GroupDocs.Assembly Engine

Chart Title

Total Order Prices by Months<<foreach [in orders
.GroupBy(c => c.OrderDate.Month)]>>

Chart Data (Excel)

X-Values

Total Order Price<<x [Key]>><<y [Sum(c => c.Price)]>>

0.7

2.7

1.8

3.2

2.6

0.8

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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 Scatter Chart Template

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

Generating The Report

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The code uses some of the objects defined in: The Business Layer