Chart Calculations

Calculate Actual Values of Chart Elements

Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET provides a simple API for getting these properties. This will help you to Calculates actual values of chart elements. The actual values include position of elements that implement IActualLayout interface (IActualLayout.ActualX, IActualLayout.ActualY, IActualLayout.ActualWidth, IActualLayout.ActualHeight) and actual axes values (IAxis.ActualMaxValue, IAxis.ActualMinValue, IAxis.ActualMajorUnit, IAxis.ActualMinorUnit, IAxis.ActualMajorUnitScale, IAxis.ActualMinorUnitScale).

import aspose.slides.charts as charts
import aspose.slides as slides

with slides.Presentation("pres.pptx") as pres:
    chart = pres.slides[0].shapes.add_chart(charts.ChartType.CLUSTERED_COLUMN, 100, 100, 500, 350)
    chart.validate_chart_layout()

    maxValue = chart.axes.vertical_axis.actual_max_value
    minValue = chart.axes.vertical_axis.actual_min_value
    majorUnit = chart.axes.horizontal_axis.actual_major_unit
    minorUnit = chart.axes.horizontal_axis.actual_minor_unit

Calculate Actual Position of Parent Chart Elements

Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET provides a simple API for getting these properties. Properties of IActualLayout provide information about actual position of parent chart element. It is necessary to call method IChart.ValidateChartLayout() previously to fill properties with actual values.

import aspose.slides.charts as charts
import aspose.slides as slides

with slides.Presentation("pres.pptx") as pres:
    chart = pres.slides[0].shapes.add_chart(charts.ChartType.CLUSTERED_COLUMN, 100, 100, 500, 350)
    chart.validate_chart_layout()

    x = chart.plot_area.actual_x
    y = chart.plot_area.actual_y
    w = chart.plot_area.actual_width
    h = chart.plot_area.actual_height

Hide Information from Chart

This topic helps you to understand how to hide information from chart. Using Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET you can hide Title, Vertical Axis, Horizontal Axis and Grid Lines from chart. Below code example shows how to use these properties.

import aspose.slides.charts as charts
import aspose.slides as slides

with slides.Presentation() as pres:
    slide = pres.slides[0]
    chart = slide.shapes.add_chart(charts.ChartType.LINE_WITH_MARKERS, 140, 118, 320, 370)

    # Hiding chart Title
    chart.has_title = False

    # Hiding Values axis
    chart.axes.vertical_axis.is_visible = False

    # Category Axis visibility
    chart.axes.horizontal_axis.is_visible = False

    # Hiding Legend
    chart.has_legend = False

    # Hiding MajorGridLines
    chart.axes.horizontal_axis.major_grid_lines_format.line.fill_format.fill_type = slides.FillType.NO_FILL

    #for i in range(len(chart.chart_data.series)):
    #    chart.chart_data.series.remove_at(i)

    series = chart.chart_data.series[0]

    series.marker.symbol = charts.MarkerStyleType.CIRCLE
    series.labels.default_data_label_format.show_value = True
    series.labels.default_data_label_format.position = charts.LegendDataLabelPosition.TOP
    series.marker.size = 15

    # Setting series line color
    series.format.line.fill_format.fill_type = slides.FillType.SOLID
    series.format.line.fill_format.solid_fill_color.color = draw.Color.purple
    series.format.line.dash_style = slides.LineDashStyle.SOLID

    pres.save("HideInformationFromChart.pptx", slides.export.SaveFormat.PPTX)
Chart Entities Chart Formatting