name property

ChartSeries.name property

Gets or sets the name of the series, if name is not set explicitly it is generated using index. By default returns Series plus one based index.

@property
def name(self) -> str:
    ...

@name.setter
def name(self, value: str):
    ...

Examples

Shows how to apply labels to data points in a line chart.

def data_labels():
    doc = aw.Document()
    builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
    chart_shape = builder.insert_chart(aw.drawing.charts.ChartType.LINE, 400, 300)
    chart = chart_shape.chart
    self.assertEqual(3, chart.series.count)
    self.assertEqual('Series 1', chart.series[0].name)
    self.assertEqual('Series 2', chart.series[1].name)
    self.assertEqual('Series 3', chart.series[2].name)
    # Apply data labels to every series in the chart.
    # These labels will appear next to each data point in the graph and display its value.
    for series in chart.series:
        apply_data_labels(series, 4, '000.0', ', ')
        self.assertEqual(4, series.data_labels.count)
    # Change the separator string for every data label in a series.
    for label in chart.series[0].data_labels:
        self.assertEqual(', ', label.separator)
        label.separator = ' & '
    # For a cleaner looking graph, we can remove data labels individually.
    chart.series[1].data_labels[2].clear_format()
    # We can also strip an entire series of its data labels at once.
    chart.series[2].data_labels.clear_format()
    doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Charts.data_labels.docx')

def apply_data_labels(series: aw.drawing.charts.ChartSeries, labels_count: int, number_format: str, separator: str):
    """Apply data labels with custom number format and separator to several data points in a series."""
    for i in range(labels_count):
        series.has_data_labels = True
        self.assertFalse(series.data_labels[i].is_visible)
        series.data_labels[i].show_category_name = True
        series.data_labels[i].show_series_name = True
        series.data_labels[i].show_value = True
        series.data_labels[i].show_leader_lines = True
        series.data_labels[i].show_legend_key = True
        series.data_labels[i].show_percentage = False
        series.data_labels[i].is_hidden = False
        self.assertFalse(series.data_labels[i].show_data_labels_range)
        series.data_labels[i].number_format.format_code = number_format
        series.data_labels[i].separator = separator
        self.assertFalse(series.data_labels[i].show_data_labels_range)
        self.assertTrue(series.data_labels[i].is_visible)
        self.assertFalse(series.data_labels[i].is_hidden)

name property

ChartSeries.name property

Examples

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