Getting Started with UWP Pivot Chart (SfPivotChart)
10 May 202121 minutes to read
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This section explains the steps required to create a simple SfPivotChart control bound to relational data source such as IList, IEnumerable, etc.
Initializing SfPivotChart control
Open Visual Studio IDE and select File > New > Project to open the new project dialog.
Select Installed > Templates > Visual C# > Windows > Universal > Blank APP(Universal Windows) to create a new UWP application and name the project as “SfPivotChartDemo”.
The target version/minimum version dialog appears, in which change the target version of the application as “Windows 10 (10.0; Build 10240)”.
The SfPivotChart control can be initialized and added to the application through any of the following ways:
- Through designer.
- Through XAML.
- Through code-behind.
Adding control through designer
Double-click the MainPage.xaml from the solution explorer to open it in the design view.
Click the toolbox and drag the SfPivotChart control from the “Syncfusion Controls for UWP XAML” group to drop it on the middle of the design canvas.
Now, the SfPivotChart control is added to the designer as follows:
Adding control through XAML
The SfPivotChart control can be added to the project by referring assemblies or SDK as described below:
Assembly reference
Right-click the project in the solution explorer and select Add > Reference… to add the required assemblies. Then, click Browse to select the following assemblies from the installed location and click OK.
- Syncfusion.Data.UWP
- Syncfusion.Olap.UWP
- Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.UWP
- Syncfusion.SfBusyIndicator.UWP
- Syncfusion.SfChart.UWP
- Syncfusion.SfPivotChart.UWP
NOTE
You can find these libraries under the following location.
<Installed Drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\<Version>\Assemblies for Universal Windows\10.0
Extension SDK reference
Right-click the project in the solution explorer and select Add > Reference… > Universal Windows > Extensions > Syncfusion Controls for UWP XAML.
After adding the required reference, add the following namespace in the MainPage.xaml file.
xmlns:PivotChart="using:Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.PivotChart"
Then, add the SfPivotChart control to the grid by using the namespace specified in the following code snippet.
<Page
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:SfPivotChartDemo"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
x:Class="SfPivotChartDemo.MainPage"
xmlns:PivotChart="using:Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.PivotChart"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
<PivotChart:SfPivotChart/>
</Grid>
</Page>
Adding control through code-behind
The SfPivotChart control can be added to the project by referring the assemblies or SDK.
Assembly reference
Right-click the project in the solution explorer and select Add > Reference… to add the required assemblies. Then, click Browse to select the following assemblies from the installed location and click OK.
- Syncfusion.Data.UWP
- Syncfusion.Olap.UWP
- Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.UWP
- Syncfusion.SfBusyIndicator.UWP
- Syncfusion.SfChart.UWP
- Syncfusion.SfPivotChart.UWP
NOTE
You can find these libraries under the following location.
<Installed Drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\<Version>\Assemblies for Universal Windows\10.0
Extension SDK reference
Right-click the project in the solution explorer and select Add > Reference… > Universal Windows > Extensions > Syncfusion Controls for UWP XAML.
After adding the required reference, open the MainPage.xaml file and name the grid as “RootGrid” to refer it in the code-behind.
<Page
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:SfPivotChartDemo"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
x:Class="SfPivotChartDemo.MainPage"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}" x:Name="RootGrid">
</Grid>
</Page>
Open the MainPage.xaml.cs file and include the namespace “Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.PivotChart”. Then, initialize the SfPivotChart control in the constructor and add it to the grid as illustrated below:
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
using Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.PivotChart;
namespace SfPivotChartDemo
{
/// <summary>
/// An empty page that can be used on its own or navigated to within a Frame.
/// </summary>
public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
public MainPage()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
SfPivotChart pivotChart = new SfPivotChart();
RootGrid.Children.Add(pivotChart);
}
}
}
Imports Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls
Imports Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.PivotChart
Namespace SfPivotChartDemo
Public NotInheritable Partial Class MainPage
Inherits Page
Public Sub New()
Me.InitializeComponent()
Dim pivotChart As SfPivotChart = New SfPivotChart()
RootGrid.Children.Add(pivotChart)
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Binding relational data to SfPivotChart control
Creating relational data through view model
After initializing the SfPivotChart control, right-click the project in the solution explorer and select Add > New Item… > Class to create a new class file. Then name the class as ProductSalesViewModel and click OK.
The following code snippet illustrates how to define the relational data for the SfPivotChart.
using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
namespace SfPivotChartDemo
{
public class ProductSalesViewModel
{
private ProductSalesCollection productSales;
public ProductSalesCollection ProductSales
{
get { return this.productSales; }
set { this.productSales = value; }
}
public ProductSalesViewModel()
{
this.productSales = GetSalesData();
}
public static ProductSalesCollection GetSalesData()
{
// Geography
string[] countries = new string[] { "Germany", "Canada", "United States" };
// Time
string[] dates = new string[] { "FY 2008", "FY 2009", "FY 2010", "FY 2012" };
// Products
string[] products = new string[] { "Bike", "Car" };
Random r = new Random(123345);
int numberOfRecords = 1000;
ProductSalesCollection listOfProductSales = new ProductSalesCollection();
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfRecords; i++)
{
ProductSale sales = new ProductSale();
sales.Country = countries[r.Next(1, countries.GetLength(0))];
sales.Amount = (3000 * r.Next(1, 12));
sales.Date = dates[r.Next(r.Next(dates.GetLength(0) + 1))];
sales.Product = products[r.Next(r.Next(products.GetLength(0) + 1))];
listOfProductSales.Add(sales);
}
return listOfProductSales;
}
}
public class ProductSale
{
public string Product { get; set; }
public string Date { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
public double Amount { get; set; }
}
public class ProductSalesCollection : ObservableCollection<ProductSale>
{
}
}
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.ObjectModel
Namespace SfPivotChartDemo
Public Class ProductSalesViewModel
Private productSales As ProductSalesCollection
Public Property ProductSales As ProductSalesCollection
Get
Return Me.productSales
End Get
Set(ByVal value As ProductSalesCollection)
Me.productSales = value
End Set
End Property
Public Sub New()
Me.productSales = GetSalesData()
End Sub
Public Shared Function GetSalesData() As ProductSalesCollection
Dim countries As String() = New String() {"Germany", "Canada", "United States"}
Dim dates As String() = New String() {"FY 2008", "FY 2009", "FY 2010", "FY 2012"}
Dim products As String() = New String() {"Bike", "Car"}
Dim r As Random = New Random(123345)
Dim numberOfRecords As Integer = 1000
Dim listOfProductSales As ProductSalesCollection = New ProductSalesCollection()
For i As Integer = 0 To numberOfRecords - 1
Dim sales As ProductSale = New ProductSale()
sales.Country = countries(r.[Next](1, countries.GetLength(0)))
sales.Amount =(3000 * r.[Next](1, 12))
sales.Date = dates(r.[Next](r.[Next](dates.GetLength(0) + 1)))
sales.Product = products(r.[Next](r.[Next](products.GetLength(0) + 1)))
listOfProductSales.Add(sales)
Next
Return listOfProductSales
End Function
End Class
Public Class ProductSale
Public Property Product As String
Public Property Date As String
Public Property Country As String
Public Property Amount As Double
End Class
Public Class ProductSalesCollection
Inherits ObservableCollection(Of ProductSale)
End Class
End Namespace
Defining item source, pivot axis, pivot legend, and pivot calculations for SfPivotChart control
Relational data can be bound to SfPivotChart control by using the ItemSource
property through any of the following ways:
- Through XAML
- Through code-behind
Through XAML
The relational data mentioned in the ProductSalesViewModel is bound to SfPivotChart control with the help of DataContext
. In addition to this, the PivotAxis
, PivotLegend
, and PivotCalculations
should be assigned to the SfPivotChart for populating data in the specific series.
Refer to the following code snippet.
<Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:SfPivotChartDemo"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:PivotChart="using:Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.PivotChart"
xmlns:pivot="using:Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.UWP"
x:Class="SfPivotChartDemo.MainPage"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
<Grid.DataContext>
<local:ProductSalesViewModel/>
</Grid.DataContext>
<PivotChart:SfPivotChart ItemSource="{Binding ProductSales}">
<PivotChart:SfPivotChart.PivotAxis>
<pivot:PivotItem FieldCaption="Product" FieldMappingName="Product" TotalHeader="Total"/>
<pivot:PivotItem FieldCaption="Country" FieldMappingName="Country" TotalHeader="Total"/>
</PivotChart:SfPivotChart.PivotAxis>
<PivotChart:SfPivotChart.PivotLegend>
<pivot:PivotItem FieldCaption="Date" FieldMappingName="Date" TotalHeader="Total"/>
</PivotChart:SfPivotChart.PivotLegend>
<PivotChart:SfPivotChart.PivotCalculations>
<pivot:PivotComputationInfo FieldCaption="Amount" FieldName="Amount" Format="#.##" SummaryType="DoubleTotalSum"/>
</PivotChart:SfPivotChart.PivotCalculations>
</PivotChart:SfPivotChart>
</Grid>
</Page>
Through code-behind
The following code snippet illustrates how to bind the data to SfPivotChart control in code-behind.
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
using Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.UWP;
using Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.PivotChart;
namespace SfPivotChartDemo
{
public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
public MainPage()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
ProductSalesViewModel productSalesViewModel = new ProductSalesViewModel();
SfPivotChart pivotChart = new SfPivotChart();
// Assigning ItemSource to PivotChart
pivotChart.ItemSource = productSalesViewModel.ProductSales;
// Adding PivotRows to PivotChart
pivotChart.PivotAxis.Add(new Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.UWP.PivotItem { FieldMappingName = "Product", TotalHeader = "Total" });
pivotChart.PivotAxis.Add(new Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.UWP.PivotItem { FieldMappingName = "Country", TotalHeader = "Country" });
// Adding PivotColumns to PivotChart
pivotChart.PivotLegend.Add(new Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.UWP.PivotItem { FieldMappingName = "Date", TotalHeader = "Date" });
// Adding PivotCalculations to PivotChart
pivotChart.PivotCalculations.Add(new PivotComputationInfo { FieldName = "Amount", Format = "#.##", SummaryType = SummaryType.DoubleTotalSum });
RootGrid.Children.Add(pivotChart);
}
}
}
Imports Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls
Imports Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.UWP
Imports Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.PivotChart
Namespace SfPivotChartDemo
Public NotInheritable Partial Class MainPage
Inherits Page
Public Sub New()
Me.InitializeComponent()
Dim productSalesViewModel As New ProductSalesViewModel()
Dim pivotChart As New SfPivotChart()
' Assigning ItemSource to PivotChart
pivotChart.ItemSource = productSalesViewModel.ProductSales
' Adding PivotRows to PivotChart
pivotChart.PivotAxis.Add(New Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.UWP.PivotItem With {.FieldMappingName = "Product", .TotalHeader = "Total"})
pivotChart.PivotAxis.Add(New Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.UWP.PivotItem With {.FieldMappingName = "Country", .TotalHeader = "Country"})
' Adding PivotColumns to PivotChart
pivotChart.PivotLegend.Add(New Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.UWP.PivotItem With {.FieldMappingName = "Date", .TotalHeader = "Date"})
' Adding PivotCalculations to PivotChart
pivotChart.PivotCalculations.Add(New PivotComputationInfo With {.FieldName = "Amount", .Format = "#.##", .SummaryType = SummaryType.DoubleTotalSum})
RootGrid.Children.Add(pivotChart)
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Finally, run the application to generate the following output.