Chart.DataSource Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting

Assembly:

System.Web.DataVisualization.dll

Gets or sets the data source for the Chart object.

C#

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting.ChartDataSourceConverter))]
[System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.Attribute)]
public override object DataSource { get; set; }

Property Value

Object

An Object that represents the data source for the Chart object.

Attributes

BindableAttribute TypeConverterAttribute PersistenceModeAttribute

Remarks

The data points in a series can be bound to a data source at any time using the DataSource property.

To force the chart to bind to the data source, call the DataBindTable method.

The following is a list of objects that you can use as the data source:

• DataView

• Data readers (SQL, OleDB)

• DataSet

• DataTable

• Binding Source

• IDataSource

• Arrays

• Lists

• All Enumerable objects

• SqlCommand / OleDbCommand (DataSource data-binding only)

• SqlDataAdapter / OleDbDataAdapter (DataSource data-binding only)

Applies to