Time Series Controls

Edit a Subgroup's Appearance

The appearance of a subgroup can be changed so that it differs from the other subgroups (see here how to change the appearance for a series). One example where this is seen is with the run rules. This page describe how to change a subgroup's appearance. The time series controls of the .Net Analytics package that are based on subgroups include the following:

Xbar (XbarChart)
Range (RangeChart)
Standard Deviation (StdDevChart)
RMS Deviation (RMSDevChart)

The series classes of these respective charts are:

and the subgroup classes are:

Both a series and a sample or subgroup include a marker for the appearance of a point. The series marker applies to all points on the chart while the sample or subgroup marker is for an individual point. The marker is of the following type:

Marker

The first step is to include the necessary namespaces for the controls, add a new series, add new subgroups, and add new samples to the subgroups.

Change a Subgroup's Marker

Below, we will change a Xbar subgroup appearance (named xsSubgroup in the examples below) of a Xbar series (named xsSeries in the examples below). The process is similar for the other charts listed above:

[Visual Basic]

' Use custom point markers - each sample will have a different marker

                  xsSeries.UseCustomPointMarkers = true;

                  

                  ' Change the color of the sample

                  xsSubgroup.CustomPointColor = Color.Yellow

                  

                  ' An alternative is to access the ith (2 below) 
                  subgroup directly from the series

                  xsSeries(2).CustomPointSize = 7

                  

                  ' Modify the PointMarker object directly to change the border color

                  xsSeries(2).CustomPointMarker.BorderColor = Color.Red

[Visual C#]

// Use custom point markers - each sample will have a different marker

                  xsSeries.UseCustomPointMarkers = true;

                  

                  // Change the color of the sample

                  xsSubgroup.CustomPointColor = Color.Yellow;

                  

                  // An alternative is to access the ith (2 below) 
                  subgroup directly from the series

                  xsSeries[2].CustomPointSize = 7;

                  

                  // Modify the PointMarker object directly to change the border color

                  xsSeries[2].CustomPointMarker.BorderColor = Color.Red;

After the subgroups have been added and the appearance of the third subgroup changed, the resulting chart should look similar to the following:

Xbar chart with third subgroup appearance changed