How to create Excel stacked bar pyramid chart in C#, VB.NET?

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This article explains how to create a Stacked Bar Pyramid Chart in Excel using the Syncfusion Excel (XlsIO) library.

What is a Stacked Bar Pyramid Chart?

A variation on a column/bar chart that uses pyramid shapes instead of rectangular columns/bars is called a Pyramid Chart. In a stacked bar pyramid chart, each series is horizontally stacked one after the other.

Create Stacked Bar Pyramid Chart in Excel

Stacked Bar Pyramid Chart

To create a stacked bar pyramid chart in Excel using XlsIO, you need to follow the steps below.

Steps to create a Stacked Bar Pyramid Chart:

Step 1: Initialize chart

Create a chart object by calling the worksheet.Charts.Add method and specify the chart type as ExcelChartType.Pyramid_Bar_Stacked enumeration value.

// Create the chart
IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add();
// Set chart type to Pyramid_Bar_Stacked
chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Pyramid_Bar_Stacked;

Step 2: Assign data

Set a range of data from the worksheet to the chart’s DataRange property. To plot the series values in columns and categories in rows, set the chart’s IsSeriesInRows property to false.

// Set region of chart data
chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"];
// Set chart series in columns for the assigned data region
chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;

Step 3: Apply basic chart elements

Add the basic elements like the chart title, data labels, and legend using the properties listed below.

ChartTitle of the chart object.
Set DataLabels via DefaultDataPoint.
Set TRUE to the chart’s HasLegend property, to show the legend.

// Set chart title
chart.ChartTitle = "Stacked Bar Pyramid Chart";
// Set data labels
IChartSerie serie1 = chart.Series[0];
serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true;
// Set legend
chart.HasLegend = true;
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;

Step 4: Apply 3D chart elements

Add the 3D chart elements like rotation and elevation.

Rotation and Elevation of the chart object.

// Set rotation and elevation
chart.Rotation = 50;
chart.Elevation = 20;

Applicable properties for the Stacked Bar Pyramid Chart

Below is the list of other common properties applicable for the stacked bar pyramid chart.

GapWidth
GapDepth
BarShapeBase & BarShapeTop (to change the shape of the column/bar)
Note:
Applying properties apart from the mentioned list might throw an exception or the changes will not be reflected in the output document because those properties are not related to the stacked bar pyramid chart.

To learn more about creating charts with various settings using the Syncfusion Excel (XlsIO) library, please refer to the documentation.

The following C#/VB.NET complete code snippet shows the creation of a stacked bar pyramid chart using XlsIO.

using Syncfusion.XlsIO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;
 
namespace ChartSample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
            {
                IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
                application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016;
 
                // Open existing workbook with data entered
                Assembly assembly = typeof(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
                Stream fileStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ChartSample.InputTemplate.xlsx");
                IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream);
                IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
 
                // Initialize the chart
                IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add();
                chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Pyramid_Bar_Stacked;
 
                // Assign data
                chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"];
                chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
 
                // Apply chart elements
                // Set chart title
                chart.ChartTitle = "Stacked Bar Pyramid Chart";
 
                // Set legend
                chart.HasLegend = true;
                chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
 
                // Set rotation and elevation
                chart.Rotation = 45;
                chart.Elevation = 45;
 
                // Set data labels
                IChartSerie serie1 = chart.Series[0];
                IChartSerie serie2 = chart.Series[1];
                IChartSerie serie3 = chart.Series[2];
 
                serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true;
                serie2.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true;
                serie3.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = true;
 
                // Positioning the chart in the worksheet
                chart.TopRow = 8;
                chart.LeftColumn = 1;
                chart.BottomRow = 23;
                chart.RightColumn = 8;
 
                // Saving the workbook
                Stream stream = File.Create("Output.xlsx");
                workbook.SaveAs(stream);
            }
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports Syncfusion.XlsIO
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.IO
 
Namespace ChartSample
 
    Class Program
 
        Private Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
                Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
                application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016
 
                'Open existing workbook with data entered
                Dim assembly As Assembly = GetType(Program).GetTypeInfo.Assembly
                Dim fileStream As Stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ChartSample.InputTemplate.xlsx")
                Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream)
                Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
 
                'Initialize chart
                Dim chart As IChartShape = worksheet.Charts.Add
                chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Pyramid_Bar_Stacked
 
                'Assign data
                chart.DataRange = worksheet("A1:D6")
                chart.IsSeriesInRows = False
 
                'Apply chart elements
                'Set chart title
                chart.ChartTitle = "Stacked Bar Pyramid Chart"
 
                'Set legend
                chart.HasLegend = True
                chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom
 
                'Set rotation and elevation
                chart.Rotation = 45
                chart.Elevation = 45
 
                'Set data labels
                Dim serie1 As IChartSerie = chart.Series(0)
                Dim serie2 As IChartSerie = chart.Series(1)
                Dim serie3 As IChartSerie = chart.Series(2)
 
                serie1.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = True
                serie2.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = True
                serie3.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataLabels.IsValue = True
 
                'Positioning the chart in the worksheet
                chart.TopRow = 8
                chart.LeftColumn = 1
                chart.BottomRow = 23
                chart.RightColumn = 8
 
                'Saving the workbook
                Dim stream As Stream = File.Create("Output.xlsx")
                workbook.SaveAs(stream)
             End Using
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to create an Excel stacked bar pyramid chart in C# and VB.NET.

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