ChartSheetBase.PlotBy Property

Definition

Gets or sets the way columns or rows are used as data series on the ChartSheetBase.

public:
 property Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::XlRowCol PlotBy { Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::XlRowCol get(); void set(Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::XlRowCol value); };
public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlRowCol PlotBy { get; set; }
member this.PlotBy : Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlRowCol with get, set
Public Property PlotBy As XlRowCol

Property Value

One of the following XlRowCol constants: xlColumns or xlRows.

Examples

The following code example uses the PlotBy property to set the current Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheetBase to display data by rows.

private void PlotByRows()
{
    Globals.Sheet1.Range["A1", "A5"].Value2 = 22;
    Globals.Sheet1.Range["B1", "B5"].Value2 = 55;

    this.SetSourceData(Globals.Sheet1.Range["A1", "B5"],
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns);
    this.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DBarClustered; 
    this.PlotBy = Excel.XlRowCol.xlRows;
}
Private Sub PlotByRows()
    Globals.Sheet1.Range("A1", "A5").Value2 = 22
    Globals.Sheet1.Range("B1", "B5").Value2 = 55

    Me.SetSourceData(Globals.Sheet1.Range("A1", "B5"), _
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns)
    Me.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DBarClustered
    Me.PlotBy = Excel.XlRowCol.xlRows
End Sub

Remarks

For PivotChart reports, this property is read-only and always returns xlColumns.

Applies to