Working With IgniteUI Chart igDataChart Control
Introduction
In this post we will see how we can use an IgniteUI chart control in our MVC application. If you are new IgniteUI controls It is recommend you to read post related to IgniteUI grid here Working With IgniteUI Grid Control. Here we are going to use the chart control available in the kit. We will create an MVC application in Visual Studio.
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IgniteUI Chart igDataChart Control
Background
Hope you have already gone through the article about IgniteUI grid control. You can consider that as an introduction to the control kit. Now we will try to create a chart using the chart control. Is that fine?
Prerequisites
As we seen in the introduction part, we are going to create an IgniteUI grid in MVC application, so you must have a visual studio installed in your machine.
- Visual Studio
- SQL
- IgniteUI control
Download and install IgniteUI
Please see this post to see the steps to install the Ignite UI in your machine.
Set up database
USE [master] GO /****** Object: Database [TrialsDB] Script Date: 07/14/2016 10:56:41 AM ******/ CREATE DATABASE [TrialsDB] CONTAINMENT = NONE ON PRIMARY ( NAME = N'TrialsDB', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\TrialsDB.mdf' , SIZE = 3072KB , MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 1024KB ) LOG ON ( NAME = N'TrialsDB_log', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\TrialsDB_log.ldf' , SIZE = 1024KB , MAXSIZE = 2048GB , FILEGROWTH = 10%) GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL = 110 GO IF (1 = FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('IsFullTextInstalled')) begin EXEC [TrialsDB].[dbo].[sp_fulltext_database] @action = 'enable' end GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET ANSI_NULL_DEFAULT OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET ANSI_NULLS OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET ANSI_PADDING OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET ARITHABORT OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET AUTO_CLOSE OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS ON GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET AUTO_SHRINK OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS ON GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET CURSOR_CLOSE_ON_COMMIT OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET CURSOR_DEFAULT GLOBAL GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET RECURSIVE_TRIGGERS OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET DISABLE_BROKER GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS_ASYNC OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET DATE_CORRELATION_OPTIMIZATION OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET TRUSTWORTHY OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET PARAMETERIZATION SIMPLE GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET HONOR_BROKER_PRIORITY OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET RECOVERY FULL GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET MULTI_USER GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET PAGE_VERIFY CHECKSUM GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET DB_CHAINING OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET FILESTREAM( NON_TRANSACTED_ACCESS = OFF ) GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 0 SECONDS GO ALTER DATABASE [TrialsDB] SET READ_WRITE GO
Create table with data
USE [TrialsDB] GO /****** Object: Table [dbo].[Product] Script Date: 5/12/2016 10:54:48 AM ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Product]( [ProductID] [int] NOT NULL, [Name] [nvarchar](max) NOT NULL, [ProductNumber] [nvarchar](25) NOT NULL, [MakeFlag] [bit] NOT NULL, [FinishedGoodsFlag] [bit] NOT NULL, [Color] [nvarchar](15) NULL, [SafetyStockLevel] [smallint] NOT NULL, [ReorderPoint] [smallint] NOT NULL, [StandardCost] [money] NOT NULL, [ListPrice] [money] NOT NULL, [Size] [nvarchar](5) NULL, [SizeUnitMeasureCode] [nchar](3) NULL, [WeightUnitMeasureCode] [nchar](3) NULL, [Weight] [decimal](8, 2) NULL, [DaysToManufacture] [int] NOT NULL, [ProductLine] [nchar](2) NULL, [Class] [nchar](2) NULL, [Style] [nchar](2) NULL, [ProductSubcategoryID] [int] NULL, [ProductModelID] [int] NULL, [SellStartDate] [datetime] NOT NULL, [SellEndDate] [datetime] NULL, [DiscontinuedDate] [datetime] NULL, [rowguid] [uniqueidentifier] ROWGUIDCOL NOT NULL, [ModifiedDate] [datetime] NOT NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY] GO INSERT [dbo].[Product] ([ProductID], [Name], [ProductNumber], [MakeFlag], [FinishedGoodsFlag], [Color], [SafetyStockLevel], [ReorderPoint], [StandardCost], [ListPrice], [Size], [SizeUnitMeasureCode], [WeightUnitMeasureCode], [Weight], [DaysToManufacture], [ProductLine], [Class], [Style], [ProductSubcategoryID], [ProductModelID], [SellStartDate], [SellEndDate], [DiscontinuedDate], [rowguid], [ModifiedDate]) VALUES (1, N'Adjustable Race', N'AR-5381', 0, 0, NULL, 1000, 750, 0.0000, 0.0000, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, CAST(0x0000921E00000000 AS DateTime), NULL, NULL, N'694215b7-08f7-4c0d-acb1-d734ba44c0c8', CAST(0x00009A5C00A53CF8 AS DateTime)) INSERT [dbo].[Product] ([ProductID], [Name], [ProductNumber], [MakeFlag], [FinishedGoodsFlag], [Color], [SafetyStockLevel], [ReorderPoint], [StandardCost], [ListPrice], [Size], [SizeUnitMeasureCode], [WeightUnitMeasureCode], [Weight], [DaysToManufacture], [ProductLine], [Class], [Style], [ProductSubcategoryID], [ProductModelID], [SellStartDate], [SellEndDate], [DiscontinuedDate], [rowguid], [ModifiedDate]) VALUES (2, N'Bearing Ball', N'BA-8327', 0, 0, NULL, 1000, 750, 0.0000, 0.0000, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, CAST(0x0000921E00000000 AS DateTime), NULL, NULL, N'58ae3c20-4f3a-4749-a7d4-d568806cc537', CAST(0x00009A5C00A53CF8 AS DateTime)) INSERT [dbo].[Product] ([ProductID], [Name], [ProductNumber], [MakeFlag], [FinishedGoodsFlag], [Color], [SafetyStockLevel], [ReorderPoint], [StandardCost], [ListPrice], [Size], [SizeUnitMeasureCode], [WeightUnitMeasureCode], [Weight], [DaysToManufacture], [ProductLine], [Class], [Style], [ProductSubcategoryID], [ProductModelID], [SellStartDate], [SellEndDate], [DiscontinuedDate], [rowguid], [ModifiedDate]) VALUES (3, N'BB Ball Bearing', N'BE-2349', 1, 0, NULL, 800, 600, 0.0000, 0.0000, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 1, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, CAST(0x0000921E00000000 AS DateTime), NULL, NULL, N'9c21aed2-5bfa-4f18-bcb8-f11638dc2e4e', CAST(0x00009A5C00A53CF8 AS DateTime)) INSERT [dbo].[Product] ([ProductID], [Name], [ProductNumber], [MakeFlag], [FinishedGoodsFlag], [Color], [SafetyStockLevel], [ReorderPoint], [StandardCost], [ListPrice], [Size], [SizeUnitMeasureCode], [WeightUnitMeasureCode], [Weight], [DaysToManufacture], [ProductLine], [Class], [Style], [ProductSubcategoryID], [ProductModelID], [SellStartDate], [SellEndDate], [DiscontinuedDate], [rowguid], [ModifiedDate]) VALUES (4, N'Headset Ball Bearings', N'BE-2908', 0, 0, NULL, 800, 600, 0.0000, 0.0000, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, CAST(0x0000921E00000000 AS DateTime), NULL, NULL, N'ecfed6cb-51ff-49b5-b06c-7d8ac834db8b', CAST(0x00009A5C00A53CF8 AS DateTime)) INSERT [dbo].[Product] ([ProductID], [Name], [ProductNumber], [MakeFlag], [FinishedGoodsFlag], [Color], [SafetyStockLevel], [ReorderPoint], [StandardCost], [ListPrice], [Size], [SizeUnitMeasureCode], [WeightUnitMeasureCode], [Weight], [DaysToManufacture], [ProductLine], [Class], [Style], [ProductSubcategoryID], [ProductModelID], [SellStartDate], [SellEndDate], [DiscontinuedDate], [rowguid], [ModifiedDate]) VALUES (316, N'Blade', N'BL-2036', 1, 0, NULL, 800, 600, 0.0000, 0.0000, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 1, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, CAST(0x0000921E00000000 AS DateTime), NULL, NULL, N'e73e9750-603b-4131-89f5-3dd15ed5ff80', CAST(0x00009A5C00A53CF8 AS DateTime)) INSERT [dbo].[Product] ([ProductID], [Name], [ProductNumber], [MakeFlag], [FinishedGoodsFlag], [Color], [SafetyStockLevel], [ReorderPoint], [StandardCost], [ListPrice], [Size], [SizeUnitMeasureCode], [WeightUnitMeasureCode], [Weight], [DaysToManufacture], [ProductLine], [Class], [Style], [ProductSubcategoryID], [ProductModelID], [SellStartDate], [SellEndDate], [DiscontinuedDate], [rowguid], [ModifiedDate]) VALUES (317, N'LL Crankarm', N'CA-5965', 0, 0, N'Black', 500, 375, 0.0000, 0.0000, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, N'L ', NULL, NULL, NULL, CAST(0x0000921E00000000 AS DateTime), NULL, NULL, N'3c9d10b7-a6b2-4774-9963-c19dcee72fea', CAST(0x00009A5C00A53CF8 AS DateTime)) INSERT [dbo].[Product] ([ProductID], [Name], [ProductNumber], [MakeFlag], [FinishedGoodsFlag], [Color], [SafetyStockLevel], [ReorderPoint], [StandardCost], [ListPrice], [Size], [SizeUnitMeasureCode], [WeightUnitMeasureCode], [Weight], [DaysToManufacture], [ProductLine], [Class], [Style], [ProductSubcategoryID], [ProductModelID], [SellStartDate], [SellEndDate], [DiscontinuedDate], [rowguid], [ModifiedDate]) VALUES (318, N'ML Crankarm', N'CA-6738', 0, 0, N'Black', 500, 375, 0.0000, 0.0000, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, N'M ', NULL, NULL, NULL, CAST(0x0000921E00000000 AS DateTime), NULL, NULL, N'eabb9a92-fa07-4eab-8955-f0517b4a4ca7', CAST(0x00009A5C00A53CF8 AS DateTime))
Creating models and entity
If you don’t know how to create an entity in your solution, please read that here. You can see the steps to be followed in that article. Once you have created the entity, you are good to go.
Here I am assuming that you have created an entity and got a model class as preceding.
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // <auto-generated> // This code was generated from a template. // // Manual changes to this file may cause unexpected behavior in your application. // Manual changes to this file will be overwritten if the code is regenerated. // </auto-generated> //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ namespace IgniteUI.Models { using System; using System.Collections.Generic; public partial class Product { public int ProductID { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } public string ProductNumber { get; set; } public bool MakeFlag { get; set; } public bool FinishedGoodsFlag { get; set; } public string Color { get; set; } public short SafetyStockLevel { get; set; } public short ReorderPoint { get; set; } public decimal StandardCost { get; set; } public decimal ListPrice { get; set; } public string Size { get; set; } public string SizeUnitMeasureCode { get; set; } public string WeightUnitMeasureCode { get; set; } public Nullable<decimal> Weight { get; set; } public int DaysToManufacture { get; set; } public string ProductLine { get; set; } public string Class { get; set; } public string Style { get; set; } public Nullable<int> ProductSubcategoryID { get; set; } public Nullable<int> ProductModelID { get; set; } public System.DateTime SellStartDate { get; set; } public Nullable<System.DateTime> SellEndDate { get; set; } public Nullable<System.DateTime> DiscontinuedDate { get; set; } public System.Guid rowguid { get; set; } public System.DateTime ModifiedDate { get; set; } } }
Configure MVC application
As you have finished your installing, we can create a MVC application now. Open your Visual Studio and click on new project. Name your project, here we are going to name project as IgniteUIGrid. Select MVC template and click OK.
Click on the reference and add DLL reference of IgiteUI from C:\Program Files (x86)\Infragistics\2016.1\Ignite UI\MVC\MVC6\Bin\dnx451 or from which ever the folder you installed IgniteUI.
Create controller and actions
Now create a controller as follows.
using System.Web.Mvc; namespace IgniteUI.Controllers { public class ChartController : Controller { private IgniteUI.Models.TrialsDBEntities db = new IgniteUI.Models.TrialsDBEntities(); public ActionResult Index() { return View(); } } }
Now we will create a JsonResult action for fetching the products from the database.
[HttpGet] public JsonResult Getproducts() { var model = db.Products.AsQueryable().GroupBy(g => g.Name, g => g.ReorderPoint, (key, g) => new { Name = key, ReorderPoint = g.Take(1) }).Take(10); return Json(model, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet); }
Here we are just grouping the items together and taking the first value for the Y axis. And as you know we will we be setting ‘Name’ as X axis value in a chart.
Now shall we create a view?
Create view
@using Infragistics.Web.Mvc; @using IgniteUI.Models; @model IQueryable<IgniteUI.Models.Product>
Creating IgniteUI Chart
So our view is ready, now we will create an element where we can render our chart.
<div style="width: 100%;"> <div id="chart"></div> </div>
What is next? Yes, you are right. We need an ajax call.
<script> $(function () { $.ajax({ type: 'GET', url: 'http://localhost:39044/chart/Getproducts', beforeSend: function () { }, success: function (data) { GenerateChart(data); }, error: function (e) { console.log('Error occurred: ' + e.message); } }); }); </script>
Here GenerateChart is where we actually build our chart.
function GenerateChart(chartData) { $("#chart").igDataChart({ width: "100%", height: "500px", title: "Product vs Reorder Point", subtitle: "Final products and reorder Point", dataSource: chartData, axes: [ { name: "NameAxis", type: "categoryX", title: "Product Name", label: "Name" }, { name: "YAxisReorderPoint", type: "numericY", minimumValue: 0, title: "Reorder Point", } ], series: [ { name: "NameReorderPoint", type: "column", isHighlightingEnabled: true, isTransitionInEnabled: true, xAxis: "NameAxis", yAxis: "YAxisReorderPoint", valueMemberPath: "ReorderPoint" } ] }); }
Go to your shared view folder, open _Layout.cshtml and add the following references to the view.
<!-- Ignite UI Required Combined CSS Files --> <link href="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/2016.1/latest/css/themes/infragistics/infragistics.theme.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <link href="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/2016.1/latest/css/structure/infragistics.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <!--CSS file specific for chart styling --> <link href="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/2016.1/latest/css/structure/modules/infragistics.ui.chart.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/modernizr/modernizr-2.8.3.js"></script> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.min.js"></script> <!-- Ignite UI Required Combined JavaScript Files --> <script src="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/2016.1/latest/js/infragistics.core.js"></script> <script src="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/2016.1/latest/js/infragistics.lob.js"></script> <script src="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/2016.1/latest/js/infragistics.dv.js"></script>
Now please run your application and go to the http://localhost:39044/Chart, there you can see a chart with the data you have given.
Ignite_UI_Chart_Control
Sounds good? I hope you have got some knowledge about the Ignite UI chart control. That’s all for today. See you soon with other Ignite UI controls.
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