This article demonstrates how to create a chart in a PowerPoint document using Spire.Presentation for Java.
import com.spire.presentation.*; import com.spire.pdf.tables.table.*; import com.spire.presentation.charts.*; import com.spire.presentation.drawing.FillFormatType; import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D; import java.lang.Object; public class CreateChart { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { //Create a presentation instance Presentation presentation = new Presentation(); //Add a column clustered chart Rectangle2D.Double rect = new Rectangle2D.Double(40, 100, 550, 320); IChart chart = null; chart = presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendChart(ChartType.COLUMN_CLUSTERED, rect); //Set chart title chart.getChartTitle().getTextProperties().setText("Sales Report"); chart.getChartTitle().getTextProperties().isCentered(true); chart.getChartTitle().setHeight(30); chart.hasTitle(true); //Create a dataTable DataTable dataTable = new DataTable(); dataTable.getColumns().add(new DataColumn("SalesPers", DataTypes.DATATABLE_STRING)); dataTable.getColumns().add(new DataColumn("SaleAmt", DataTypes.DATATABLE_INT)); dataTable.getColumns().add(new DataColumn("ComPct", DataTypes.DATATABLE_INT)); dataTable.getColumns().add(new DataColumn("ComAmt", DataTypes.DATATABLE_INT)); DataRow row1 = dataTable.newRow(); row1.setString("SalesPers", "Joe"); row1.setInt("SaleAmt", 250); row1.setInt("ComPct", 150); row1.setInt("ComAmt", 99); DataRow row2 = dataTable.newRow(); row2.setString("SalesPers", "Robert"); row2.setInt("SaleAmt", 270); row2.setInt("ComPct", 150); row2.setInt("ComAmt", 99); DataRow row3 = dataTable.newRow(); row3.setString("SalesPers", "Michelle"); row3.setInt("SaleAmt", 310); row3.setInt("ComPct", 120); row3.setInt("ComAmt", 49); DataRow row4 = dataTable.newRow(); row4.setString("SalesPers", "Erich"); row4.setInt("SaleAmt", 330); row4.setInt("ComPct", 120); row4.setInt("ComAmt", 49); DataRow row5 = dataTable.newRow(); row5.setString("SalesPers", "Dafna"); row5.setInt("SaleAmt", 360); row5.setInt("ComPct", 150); row5.setInt("ComAmt", 141); DataRow row6 = dataTable.newRow(); row6.setString("SalesPers", "Rob"); row6.setInt("SaleAmt", 380); row6.setInt("ComPct", 150); row6.setInt("ComAmt", 135); dataTable.getRows().add(row1); dataTable.getRows().add(row2); dataTable.getRows().add(row3); dataTable.getRows().add(row4); dataTable.getRows().add(row5); dataTable.getRows().add(row6); //Import data from dataTable to chart data for (int c = 0; c < dataTable.getColumns().size(); c++) { chart.getChartData().get(0, c).setText(dataTable.getColumns().get(c).getColumnName()); } for (int r = 0; r < dataTable.getRows().size(); r++) { Object[] datas = dataTable.getRows().get(r).getArrayList(); for (int c = 0; c < datas.length; c++) { chart.getChartData().get(r + 1, c).setValue(datas[c]); } } chart.getSeries().setSeriesLabel(chart.getChartData().get("B1", "D1")); chart.getCategories().setCategoryLabels(chart.getChartData().get("A2", "A7")); chart.getSeries().get(0).setValues(chart.getChartData().get("B2", "B7")); chart.getSeries().get(1).setValues(chart.getChartData().get("C2", "C7")); chart.getSeries().get(2).setValues(chart.getChartData().get("D2", "D7")); chart.getSeries().get(2).getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID); chart.getSeries().get(2).getFill().getSolidColor().setKnownColor(KnownColors.LIGHT_BLUE); //Set overlap chart.setOverLap(-50); //Set gap width chart.setGapDepth(200); //Save the document presentation.saveToFile("output/CreateChart.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2010); } }