Bind to an ObservableCollection of ObservableCollections

[Andy]

Hi Guys

I am trying to bind my chart to a ObservableCollection of ObservableCollections is this possible?

I have worked look at ms-help://telerik.windows.controls/telerik.windows.controls.charting/data-binding-series-mappings.html but no joy. Do you have a sample of this in VB ?

[Vladimir Milev]

Hi Andy,

Please check this blog post. The code is in C#, however, it is minimal and you can use our converter to translate it to VB.

Greetings,
Vladimir Milev
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[Andy]

Thanks guys for you help in this, i now have it working.

However if i have my chart bound to an ObservableCollection of ObservableCollections and another ObservableCollection is added the chart will not display the extra Series as There are no Series Mappings set up. Consider the following code

Dim

 

m1 As New SeriesMapping()

 

 

Dim m2 As New SeriesMapping()

 

m1.CollectionIndex = 0

m1.SeriesDefinition =

New LineSeriesDefinition

 

m2.CollectionIndex = 1

m2.SeriesDefinition =

New LineSeriesDefinition

 

 

Dim im1 As New ItemMapping

 

im1.DataPointMember = DataPointMember.YValue

 

Dim im2 As New ItemMapping

 

im2.DataPointMember = DataPointMember.YValue

m1.ItemMappings.Add(im1)

m2.ItemMappings.Add(im2)

NextPage.RadChart1.SeriesMappings.Add(m1)

NextPage.RadChart1.SeriesMappings.Add(m2)

 

NextPage.RadChart1.ItemsSource = MyData

How if a new data Series is added to MyData the chart only displays the first 2 series how can i make it display all automaticaly

 

[Vladimir Milev]

Hello Andy,

This not available out-of-the-box. You will need to manually update your mappings.
We apologize for the inconvenience.

Kind regards,
Vladimir Milev
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[Anthony Daniel]

I'm able to add a new series and a new seriesmapping to my chart, but it is rendering the datapoints of each new series at y=0.  I'm testing with teh DatBinding example chart and have setup the itemssource to be a List<List<DataClass>> with a single series to start with.

private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)

        {

            Random rand = new Random(DateTime.Now.Millisecond);

            

            List<List<DataClass>> ccSource = this.RadChart1.ItemsSource as List<List<DataClass>>;

            List<DataClass> newSeries = new List<DataClass>();

            for(int idx = 0; idx < 5; idx++)

            {

                newSeries.Add(new DataClass(RandomDataGenerator.GetRounedDoubleValue(),RandomDataGenerator.GetRounedDoubleValue(),"test"));

            }

            ccSource.Add(newSeries);

            SeriesMapping seriesMapping = new SeriesMapping();

            seriesMapping.SeriesDefinition = new LineSeriesDefinition();

            seriesMapping.CollectionIndex = ccSource.Count - 1;

            ItemMapping itemMapping = new ItemMapping();

            itemMapping.DataPointMember = DataPointMember.YValue;

            itemMapping.FieldName = "Data.DoubleData2"; //same field name used when setting up the initial itemmapping (which works)

            seriesMapping.ItemMappings.Add(itemMapping);

            this.RadChart1.SeriesMappings.Add(seriesMapping);

        }

[Velin]

Hi Anthony Daniel,

 You should bind your chart to an ObservableCollection<ObservableCollection<T>> in order to get collection change notifications which the chart control handles and updates the data series. Please find attached a small example demonstrating this approach.

Hope this will help.

All the best,
Velin
the Telerik team

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