ErrorBar in WPF Charts (SfChart)

5 Dec 202214 minutes to read

ErrorBarSeries is used to indicate the errors or uncertainty in reported values. This will find the possible variations in measurements, and in Chart control these values are displayed as data points.

The HorizontalErrorValue and VerticalErrorValue is used to set the error value(variation) to the series.

The following code examples illustrates how to create error bar series:

<chart:ScatterSeries ScatterWidth="20" ScatterHeight="20"  Label="Coal" 

ItemsSource="{Binding EnergyProductions}" Interior="#BCBCBC"

XBindingPath="ID" YBindingPath="Coal">

</chart:ScatterSeries>

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries"   ItemsSource="{Binding EnergyProductions}" 

XBindingPath="ID" YBindingPath="Coal" 

VerticalErrorValue="50" HorizontalErrorValue="1" >

</chart:ErrorBarSeries>
ScatterSeries series = new ScatterSeries()
{

    ItemsSource = new ViewModel().EnergyProductions,

    XBindingPath = "ID",

    YBindingPath = "Coal",

    ScatterWidth = 20,

    ScatterHeight = 20,

    Label ="Coal",

    ListenPropertyChange=true,

    Interior = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromRgb(0xBC, 0xBC, 0XBC))

};

ErrorBarSeries errorBar = new ErrorBarSeries()
{

    ItemsSource = new ViewModel().EnergyProductions,

    XBindingPath = "ID",

    YBindingPath = "Coal",

    HorizontalErrorValue = 1,

    VerticalErrorValue = 50

};

chart.Series.Add(series);

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

ErrorBars in WPF Chart

Mode

This Mode property is used to define whether to identify horizontal error or vertical error. By default, the Mode value is Both, which will display both horizontal and vertical error values.

Horizontal

To view horizontal error value, you can set the Mode as Horizontal as shown in the below code example.

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries"   ItemsSource="{Binding EnergyProductions}" 

XBindingPath="ID" YBindingPath="Coal"                                  

VerticalErrorValue="50" HorizontalErrorValue="1" 

Mode="Horizontal">
ErrorBarSeries errorBar = new ErrorBarSeries()
{

    ItemsSource = new ViewModel().EnergyProductions,

    XBindingPath = "ID",

    YBindingPath = "Coal",

    HorizontalErrorValue = 1,

    VerticalErrorValue = 50,

    Mode = ErrorBarMode.Horizontal

};

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart with Horizontal ErrorBars

Vertical

To view vertical error value, you can set the Mode as Vertical as shown in the below code example.

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries"   ItemsSource="{Binding EnergyProductions}" 

XBindingPath="ID" YBindingPath="Coal" 

VerticalErrorValue="50" HorizontalErrorValue="1" 

Mode="Vertical">
ErrorBarSeries errorBar = new ErrorBarSeries()
{

    ItemsSource = new ViewModel().EnergyProductions,

    XBindingPath = "ID",

    YBindingPath = "Coal",

    HorizontalErrorValue = 1,

    VerticalErrorValue = 50,

    Mode = ErrorBarMode.Vertical

};

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart with Vertical ErrorBars

Direction

ErrorBar series allows you to view the horizontal and vertical error values in both positive and negative directions.

Horizontal direction

HorizontalDirection property of ErrorBarSeries allows you to view the horizontal error value in the following type of directions:

  • Both – It indicates the actual data point value along with specific amount of positive and negative error values.
  • Minus – It indicates the actual data point value along with specific amount of negative error value.
  • Plus – It indicates the actual data point value along with specific amount of positive error value.

Both

The following code illustrates how to set the HorizontalDirection value as both.

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries" HorizontalDirection="Both">

</chart:ErrorBarSeries>
ErrorBarSeries errorBarSeries = new ErrorBarSeries();

errorBarSeries.HorizontalDirection = ErrorBarDirection.Both;

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart displays ErrorBars in Both Direction

Minus

The following code illustrates how to set the HorizontalDirection value as minus.

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries" HorizontalDirection="Minus">

</chart:ErrorBarSeries>
ErrorBarSeries errorBarSeries = new ErrorBarSeries();

errorBarSeries.HorizontalDirection = ErrorBarDirection.Minus;

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart displays ErrorBars in Horizontal Minus Direction

Plus

The following code illustrates how to set the HorizontalDirection value as plus.

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries" HorizontalDirection="Plus">

</chart:ErrorBarSeries>
ErrorBarSeries errorBarSeries = new ErrorBarSeries();

errorBarSeries.HorizontalDirection = ErrorBarDirection.Plus;

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart displays ErrorBars in Horizontal Plus Direction

Vertical direction

VerticalDirection property of ErrorBarSeries allows you to view the vertical error value in following type of directions:

  • Both - It indicates the actual data point value along with specific amount of positive and negative error values.
  • Minus - It indicates the actual data point value along with specific amount of negative error value.
  • Plus - It indicates the actual data point value along with specific amount of positive error value.

Both

The following code illustrates how to set the VerticalDirection value as both.

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries" VerticalDirection="Both" >

</chart:ErrorBarSeries>
ErrorBarSeries errorBarSeries = new ErrorBarSeries();

errorBarSeries.VerticalDirection= ErrorBarDirection.Both;

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart displays ErrorBars in Both Vertical Direction

Minus

The following code illustrates how to set the VerticalDirection value as minus.

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries" VerticalDirection="Minus" >

</chart:ErrorBarSeries>
ErrorBarSeries errorBarSeries = new ErrorBarSeries();

errorBarSeries.VerticalDirection= ErrorBarDirection.Minus;

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart displays ErrorBars in Vertical Minus Direction

Plus

The following code illustrates how to set the VerticalDirection value as plus.

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries" VerticalDirection="Plus" >

</chart:ErrorBarSeries>
ErrorBarSeries errorBarSeries = new ErrorBarSeries();

errorBarSeries.VerticalDirection= ErrorBarDirection.Plus;

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart displays ErrorBars in Vertical Plus Direction

Type

SfChart supports the following type of error bar series.

NOTE

The default error bar series is Fixed.

Fixed

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries"  

ItemsSource="{Binding EnergyProductions}" 

XBindingPath="ID" 

YBindingPath="Coal" 

VerticalErrorValue="40" HorizontalErrorValue="10" 

Mode="Both" Type="Fixed">
ErrorBarSeries errorBar = new ErrorBarSeries()
{

    ItemsSource = new ViewModel().EnergyProductions,

    XBindingPath = "ID",

    YBindingPath = "Coal",

    HorizontalErrorValue = 10,

    VerticalErrorValue = 40,

    Mode = ErrorBarMode.Both,

    Type = ErrorBarType.Fixed

};

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart with Fixed ErrorBar

Percentage

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries"  

ItemsSource="{Binding EnergyProductions}" 

XBindingPath="ID" 

YBindingPath="Coal" 

VerticalErrorValue="40" HorizontalErrorValue="10" 

Mode="Both" Type="Percentage">
ErrorBarSeries errorBar = new ErrorBarSeries()
{

    ItemsSource = new ViewModel().EnergyProductions,

    XBindingPath = "ID",

    YBindingPath = "Coal",

    HorizontalErrorValue = 10,

    VerticalErrorValue = 40,

    Mode = ErrorBarMode.Both,

    Type = ErrorBarType.Percentage

};

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart with Percentage ErrorBar

Standard Deviation

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries"  

ItemsSource="{Binding EnergyProductions}" 

XBindingPath="ID" 

YBindingPath="Coal" 

VerticalErrorValue="40" HorizontalErrorValue="10" 

Mode="Both" Type="StandardDeviation"/>
ErrorBarSeries errorBar = new ErrorBarSeries()
{

    ItemsSource = new ViewModel().EnergyProductions,

    XBindingPath = "ID",

    YBindingPath = "Coal",

    HorizontalErrorValue = 10,

    VerticalErrorValue = 40,

    Mode = ErrorBarMode.Both,

    Type = ErrorBarType.StandardDeviation

};

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart with Standard Deviation ErrorBar

Standard Errors

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries"  

ItemsSource="{Binding EnergyProductions}" 

XBindingPath="ID" 

YBindingPath="Coal" 

VerticalErrorValue="40" HorizontalErrorValue="10" 

Mode="Both" Type="StandardErrors"/>
ErrorBarSeries errorBar = new ErrorBarSeries()
{

    ItemsSource = new ViewModel().EnergyProductions,

    XBindingPath = "ID",

    YBindingPath = "Coal",

    HorizontalErrorValue = 10,

    VerticalErrorValue = 40,

    Mode = ErrorBarMode.Both,

    Type = ErrorBarType.StandardErrors

};

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart with Standard Deviation ErrorBar

Custom

If the Type is Custom, you have to bind HorizontalErrorPathValue and VerticalErrorPathValue as shown in the below code snippet.

<chart:ErrorBarSeries Name="Errorseries"  

ItemsSource="{Binding EnergyProductions}" 

XBindingPath="ID" 

YBindingPath="Coal" 

HorizontalErrorPath="HorizontalErrorValue"

VerticalErrorPath="VerticalErrorValue"

Mode="Both" Type="Custom"/>
ErrorBarSeries errorBar = new ErrorBarSeries()
{

    ItemsSource = new ViewModel().EnergyProductions,

    XBindingPath = "ID",

    YBindingPath = "Coal",

    HorizontalErrorValue = 10,

    VerticalErrorValue = 40,

    Mode = ErrorBarMode.Both,

    Type = ErrorBarType.Custom

};

chart.Series.Add(errorBar);

WPF Chart with Custom ErrorBar

Customization

SfChart provides customization properties for the error bar lines as in the following section.

Line Style

You can define the LineStyle for the error bar lines using HorizontalLineStyle and VerticalLineStyle properties as in the below code examples.

<chart:ErrorBarSeries.HorizontalLineStyle>

<chart:LineStyle Stroke="Black"  StrokeThickness="2"  >

</chart:LineStyle>

</chart:ErrorBarSeries.HorizontalLineStyle>
errorBarSeries.HorizontalLineStyle = new LineStyle()
{

    Stroke = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Black),

    StrokeThickness = 2

};

Customizing ErrorBar Lines in WPF Chart

<chart:ErrorBarSeries.VerticalLineStyle>

<chart:LineStyle Stroke="Black"  StrokeThickness="2"  >

</chart:LineStyle>

</chart:ErrorBarSeries.VerticalLineStyle>
errorBarSeries.VerticalLineStyle = new LineStyle()
{

    Stroke = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Black),

    StrokeThickness = 2

};

Customizing ErrorBar Lines in WPF Chart

Line Cap Style

ErrorBar line cap can be customized using HorizontalCapLineStyle and VerticalCapLineStyle as in the below code examples.

<chart:ErrorBarSeries.HorizontalCapLineStyle>

<chart:CapLineStyle Stroke="Black" StrokeThickness="2"  

LineWidth="10"></chart:CapLineStyle>

</chart:ErrorBarSeries.HorizontalCapLineStyle>
errorBarSeries.HorizontalCapLineStyle = new CapLineStyle()
{

    Stroke = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Black),

    StrokeThickness = 2,

    LineWidth = 10

};

Customizing Horizontal ErrorBar Gap Line in WPF Chart

<chart:ErrorBarSeries.VerticalCapLineStyle>

<chart:CapLineStyle Stroke="Black" StrokeThickness="3"  

LineWidth="15"></chart:CapLineStyle>

</chart:ErrorBarSeries.VerticalCapLineStyle>
errorBarSeries.VerticalCapLineStyle = new CapLineStyle()
{

    Stroke = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Black),

    StrokeThickness = 3,

    LineWidth = 15

};

Customizing Vertical ErrorBar Gap Line in WPF Chart