Set ChartArea data source

[AdaDog]

Is there a way to add DataSeries to a ChartArea, which does not have a name?

I would like to create a custom layout for the ChartTitle, ChartArea, and ChartLegend in XAML but I only have access to the RadChart in code (not the ChartArea).  I know I can get to the DefaultView ChartArea through the RadChart object.  I could access the Content property of the RadChart and get the first ChartArea type, but that's not very elegant and is too dependent on the visual tree.

Any ideas?

<telerikChart:RadChart
            x:Name="SeasonsChart"
            VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
            HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
            UseDefaultLayout="False"
            Background="Transparent">
        <Grid>
            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="50"/>
                <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <Border x:Name="SeasonsImage" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.RowSpan="2" ></Border>
            <telerikCharting:ChartTitle
                                    Margin="20, 0, 0, 0"
                                    Padding="5,5,5,5"
                                    Foreground="GhostWhite"
                                    Grid.Row="0"
                                    Grid.Column="0"
                                    HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                                    VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
            <telerikCharting:ChartArea
                                   LegendName="SeasonsLegend"
                                   Background="{StaticResource springTransparentBrush}"
                                   Padding="20, 20, 0, 30"
                                   Grid.Row="1"
                                   Grid.Column="0"/>
            <telerikCharting:ChartLegend
                                     Header="Temperatures"
                                     Visibility="Visible"
                                     Background="{StaticResource springTransparentBrush}"
                                     Grid.Column="1"
                                     Grid.Row="1"
                                     Padding="-10, 20, 20, 30"/>
            <input:RadComboBox x:Name="SeasonCombo"
                          SelectionChanged="SeasonCombo_SelectionChanged"
                          HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                          VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
                          Margin="0, 0, 20, 0"
                          Grid.Row="0"
                          Grid.Column="0"
                          MaxWidth="150"
                          MaxHeight="30"
                          telerik:StyleManager.Theme="{StaticResource QsfTheme}">
                <input:RadComboBoxItem Content="Spring"></input:RadComboBoxItem>
                <input:RadComboBoxItem Content="Summer"></input:RadComboBoxItem>
                <input:RadComboBoxItem Content="Autumn"></input:RadComboBoxItem>
                <input:RadComboBoxItem Content="Winter"></input:RadComboBoxItem>
            </input:RadComboBox>
        </Grid>
    </telerikChart:RadChart>

[Velin]

Hello Doug Simpson,

The reason RadChart provides the possibility to disable the default layout is to allow our customers to change the default view of the control and this might include scenarios with adding more than one ChartArea simultaneously into a single RadChart instance. That said you need to have Name set to the ChartArea object in order to populate it with data.

Sincerely yours,
Velin
the Telerik team

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[AdaDog]

I know why it's useful and how to change the default view.

Is there a way to access the ChartArea(s) object(collection) inside a RadChart in code?  Is a ChartArea a child of a RadChart?  Where is it in the tree?

[Velin]

Hello Doug Simpson,

I'm afraid that there is no way to access a non default ChartArea object through RadChart. You can only access it by name or by using the visual tree.

Best wishes,
Velin
the Telerik team

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