Getting started with ASP.NET MVC 3D Circular Chart control

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This section briefly explains about how to include ASP.NET MVC 3D Circular Chart control in your ASP.NET MVC application using Visual Studio.

Prerequisites

System requirements for ASP.NET MVC controls

Create ASP.NET MVC application with HTML helper

Install ASP.NET MVC package in the application

To add ASP.NET MVC controls in the application, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), search for Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC5 and then install it.

Install-Package Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC5 -Version 29.1.33

NOTE

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

Add namespace

Add Syncfusion.EJ2 namespace reference in Web.config under Views folder.

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

Add script resources

Here, the script is referred using CDN inside the <head> of ~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml file as follows,

<head>
    ...
    <!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC controls scripts -->
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/dist/ej2.min.js"></script>
</head>

NOTE

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

Register Syncfusion® script manager

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

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

Add ASP.NET MVC 3D Circular Chart control

Now, add the Syncfusion® ASP.NET MVC 3D Circular Chart control in ~/Home/Index.cshtml page.

@(Html.EJS().CircularChart3D("container").Render())

Pie Series

By default, the pie series will be rendered when assigning the JSON data to the series using the dataSource property. Map the field names in the JSON data to the xName and yName properties of the series.

@model List<CircularChart3DSample.Controllers.CircularChartData>
 
@Html.EJS().CircularChart3D("container").Tilt(-45).Title("Browser Market Shares in November 2023"
).Series(series =>
{
    series.XName("X").YName("Y").DataLabel(dl => dl.Visible(true).Position(Syncfusion.EJ2.Charts.CircularChart3DLabelPosition.Outside).Name("X").Font(ft => ft.FontWeight("600"))
    .ConnectorStyle(cl => cl.Length("40px"))).DataSource(Model).Add();
}
).LegendSettings(leg => leg.Visible(true).Position(Syncfusion.EJ2.Charts.LegendPosition.Right)).Render()
public ActionResult Index()
{
    List<CircularChartData> circularData = new List<CircularChartData>
    {
        new CircularChartData { X = "Chrome", Y = 62.92 },
        new CircularChartData { X = "Internet Explorer", Y = 6.12 },
        new CircularChartData { X = "Opera", Y = 3.15 },
        new CircularChartData { X = "Edge", Y = 5.5 },
        new CircularChartData { X = "Safari", Y = 19.97 },
        new CircularChartData { X = "Others", Y = 2.34 }
    };
    return View(circularData);
}
public class CircularChartData
{
    public string X;
    public double Y;
}

Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or ⌘+F5 (macOS) to run the app. Then, the Syncfusion® ASP.NET MVC 3D Circular Chart control will be rendered in the default web browser.

ASP.NET MVC CircularChart3D Control

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub.