RadGridView – RadChartView integration

Date Posted	Product	Author
January 07, 2015	Telerik UI for WinForms	Desislava Yordanova

Problem

This article demonstrates how to implement integration between RadGridView and RadChartView.

Solution

1. First, let's populate the RadGridView with data. For this purpose, we will bind it to the NorthWind.OrderDetails table.

2. You should enable multiple selection in RadGridView by setting its MultiSelect property to true. Additionally, you need to change the SelectionMode property to CellSelect. Thus, you will be able to select specific grid cells and populate the RadChartView with the respective data.

• C#
• VB.NET

this.radGridView1.MultiSelect = true;
this.radGridView1.SelectionMode = Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewSelectionMode.CellSelect;

Me.RadGridView1.MultiSelect = True
Me.RadGridView1.SelectionMode = Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewSelectionMode.CellSelect

3. Subscribe to the RadGridView.SelectionChanged event and generate a BarSeries for each distinct column that participates in the grid’s selection. Afterwards, add the cell value as a *CategoricalDataPoint *to the series:

• C#
• VB.NET

private void radGridView1_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (this.radGridView1.SelectedCells.Count > 0)
    {
        PopulateChart(this.radGridView1.SelectedCells);
    }
}

private void PopulateChart(GridViewSelectedCellsCollection gridViewSelectedCellsCollection)
{
    List<string> orderIds = new List<string>();
    this.radChartView1.Series.Clear();
    this.radChartView1.Axes.Clear();
    this.radChartView1.ShowLegend = true;

    foreach (GridViewCellInfo cell in gridViewSelectedCellsCollection)
    {
        double cellValue;
        if (double.TryParse(cell.Value + "", out cellValue))
        {
            BarSeries barSeries;
            DataRowView rowView = cell.RowInfo.DataBoundItem as DataRowView;
            if (!orderIds.Contains(rowView.Row["OrderID"].ToString()))
            {
                orderIds.Add(rowView.Row["OrderID"].ToString());
                barSeries = new BarSeries();
                barSeries.Name = rowView.Row["OrderID"].ToString();
                barSeries.LegendTitle = barSeries.Name;

                this.radChartView1.Series.Add(barSeries);
            }
            else
            {
                barSeries = GetBarSeries(rowView.Row["OrderID"].ToString()) as BarSeries ;
            }
            barSeries.DataPoints.Add(new CategoricalDataPoint(cellValue, cell.ColumnInfo.Name));
        }
    }

    this.radChartView1.Invalidate();
}

private ChartSeries GetBarSeries(string p)
{
    foreach (ChartSeries s in this.radChartView1.Series)
    {
        if (s.Name == p)
        {
            return s;
        }
    }

    return null;
}

Private Sub radGridView1_SelectionChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    If Me.RadGridView1.SelectedCells.Count > 0 Then
        PopulateChart(Me.RadGridView1.SelectedCells)
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub PopulateChart(gridViewSelectedCellsCollection As GridViewSelectedCellsCollection)
    Dim orderIds As New List(Of String)()
    Me.RadChartView1.Series.Clear()
    Me.RadChartView1.Axes.Clear()
    Me.RadChartView1.ShowLegend = True

    For Each cell As GridViewCellInfo In gridViewSelectedCellsCollection
        Dim cellValue As Double
        If Double.TryParse(cell.Value & "", cellValue) Then
            Dim barSeries As BarSeries
            Dim rowView As DataRowView = TryCast(cell.RowInfo.DataBoundItem, DataRowView)
            If Not orderIds.Contains(rowView.Row("OrderID").ToString()) Then
                orderIds.Add(rowView.Row("OrderID").ToString())
                barSeries = New BarSeries()
                barSeries.Name = rowView.Row("OrderID").ToString()
                barSeries.LegendTitle = barSeries.Name

                Me.RadChartView1.Series.Add(barSeries)
            Else
                barSeries = TryCast(GetBarSeries(rowView.Row("OrderID").ToString()), BarSeries)
            End If
            barSeries.DataPoints.Add(New CategoricalDataPoint(cellValue, cell.ColumnInfo.Name))
        End If
    Next

    Me.RadChartView1.Invalidate()
End Sub

Private Function GetBarSeries(p As String) As ChartSeries
    For Each s As ChartSeries In Me.RadChartView1.Series
        If s.Name = p Then
            Return s
        End If
    Next

    Return Nothing
End Function

A complete solution in C# and VB.NET can be found here.