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Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC Chart Control

18 May 20264 minutes to read

This section briefly explains how to add the ASP.NET MVC Chart control to your ASP.NET MVC application using Visual Studio.

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Prerequisites

Refer to the System requirements for ASP.NET MVC controls before creating the application.

Create an ASP.NET MVC Application with HTML Helper

You can create an ASP.NET MVC application using either of the following options:

Install the ASP.NET MVC NuGet Package

To add Syncfusion® ASP.NET MVC controls to the application, open the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio by selecting Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Manage NuGet Packages for Solution. Search for Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC5, and then install it.

Install-Package Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC5 -Version 33.2.3

NOTE

Syncfusion® ASP.NET MVC controls are available in nuget.org. Refer to the NuGet packages topic to learn more about installing NuGet packages in various operating system environments. The Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC5 NuGet package depends on Newtonsoft.Json for JSON serialization and Syncfusion.Licensing for validating the Syncfusion® license key.

Add the Namespace

Add the Syncfusion.EJ2 namespace reference in the Web.config file available in the Views folder.

<namespaces>
    <add namespace="Syncfusion.EJ2" />
</namespaces>

Add Script Resources

Add the script reference inside the <head> element of the ~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml file as follows.

<head>
    ...
    <!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC controls scripts -->
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/33.2.3/dist/ej2.min.js"></script>
</head>

NOTE

Refer to the Adding Script Reference topic to learn different approaches for adding script references in your ASP.NET MVC application.

Register the Syncfusion® Script Manager

Register the script manager EJS().ScriptManager() at the end of the <body> element in the ~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml file as follows.

<body>
    ...
    <!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC Script Manager -->
    @Html.EJS().ScriptManager()
</body>

Add the ASP.NET MVC Chart Control

Add the Syncfusion® ASP.NET MVC Chart control to the ~/Home/Index.cshtml page.

@Html.EJS().Chart("container").Render()

Press Ctrl+F5 on Windows or ⌘+F5 on macOS to run the application. The Syncfusion® ASP.NET MVC Chart control will be rendered in the default web browser.

ASP.NET MVC Chart Control

Render a Chart with Data

To render a column chart with data, define a data source and bind it to the chart series using the DataSource, XName, and YName properties.

@{
    var chartData = new List<object>
    {
        new { Month = "Jan", Sales = 35 },
        new { Month = "Feb", Sales = 28 },
        new { Month = "Mar", Sales = 34 },
        new { Month = "Apr", Sales = 32 },
        new { Month = "May", Sales = 40 }
    };
}

@Html.EJS().Chart("container").Title("Monthly Sales").PrimaryXAxis(px => px
    .ValueType(Syncfusion.EJ2.Charts.ValueType.Category)
).Series(series =>
{
    series.DataSource(chartData)
        .XName("Month")
        .YName("Sales")
        .Type(Syncfusion.EJ2.Charts.ChartSeriesType.Column)
        .Add();
}).Render()

ASP.NET MVC Chart Control with Data

NOTE

Explore the sample on GitHub to understand how this getting started example works.

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