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Create PPT Charts in Java

Use Aspose.Slides for Java to create and format charts in presentation files without Microsoft PowerPoint.

 

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Overview

Create Charts in PPT Files Using Java

Use Aspose.Slides for Java to create and format charts in PPT presentations. The API provides chart objects such as IChart, IChartDataWorkbook, IChartSeries, and IDataLabel. You can install the aspose-slides package in a Maven-based project by adding the repository and dependency below.

Repository

<repository>
    <id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
    <name>Aspose Java API</name>
    <url>https://releases.aspose.com/java/repo/</url>
</repository>

Dependency

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
    <artifactId>aspose-slides</artifactId>
    <version>version of aspose-slides API</version>
    <classifier>jdk17</classifier>
</dependency>

How to Create Charts in PPT Files in Java

Create charts in PPT files with Aspose.Slides for Java.

  1. Create a Presentation object.

  2. Get the first ISlide from the presentation.

  3. Add an IChart object with default data.

  4. Set the chart title and data label options.

  5. Get the IChartDataWorkbook object and clear default series and categories.

  6. Add new chart series and categories.

  7. Populate series data and set series fill colors.

  8. Create custom data labels for the chart series.

  9. Save the presentation with the chart.

System Requirements

Aspose.Slides for Java supports major desktop and server platforms. Make sure that your project has these prerequisites.

  • Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, or another OS with a supported Java Runtime Environment.
  • Get the latest version of Aspose.Slides for Java from Maven .
 

Create a PPT Chart - Java

Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
try {
    ISlide slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0);
    IChart chart = slide.getShapes().addChart(ChartType.ClusteredColumn, 0, 0, 500, 500);

    chart.getChartTitle().addTextFrameForOverriding("Sales by quarter");
    chart.getChartTitle().getTextFrameForOverriding().getTextFrameFormat().setCenterText(NullableBool.True);
    chart.getChartTitle().setHeight(20);
    chart.setTitle(true);

    chart.getChartData().getSeries().get_Item(0).getLabels().getDefaultDataLabelFormat().setShowValue(true);

    int defaultWorksheetIndex = 0;
    IChartDataWorkbook chartDataWorkbook = chart.getChartData().getChartDataWorkbook();

    chart.getChartData().getSeries().clear();
    chart.getChartData().getCategories().clear();

    chart.getChartData().getSeries().add(chartDataWorkbook.getCell(defaultWorksheetIndex, 0, 1, "Series 1"), chart.getType());
    chart.getChartData().getSeries().add(chartDataWorkbook.getCell(defaultWorksheetIndex, 0, 2, "Series 2"), chart.getType());

    chart.getChartData().getCategories().add(chartDataWorkbook.getCell(defaultWorksheetIndex, 1, 0, "Category 1"));
    chart.getChartData().getCategories().add(chartDataWorkbook.getCell(defaultWorksheetIndex, 2, 0, "Category 2"));
    chart.getChartData().getCategories().add(chartDataWorkbook.getCell(defaultWorksheetIndex, 3, 0, "Category 3"));

    IChartSeries firstSeries = chart.getChartData().getSeries().get_Item(0);
    firstSeries.getDataPoints().addDataPointForBarSeries(chartDataWorkbook.getCell(defaultWorksheetIndex, 1, 1, 20));
    firstSeries.getDataPoints().addDataPointForBarSeries(chartDataWorkbook.getCell(defaultWorksheetIndex, 2, 1, 50));
    firstSeries.getDataPoints().addDataPointForBarSeries(chartDataWorkbook.getCell(defaultWorksheetIndex, 3, 1, 30));
    firstSeries.getFormat().getFill().setFillType(FillType.Solid);
    firstSeries.getFormat().getFill().getSolidFillColor().setColor(java.awt.Color.RED);

    IChartSeries secondSeries = chart.getChartData().getSeries().get_Item(1);
    secondSeries.getDataPoints().addDataPointForBarSeries(chartDataWorkbook.getCell(defaultWorksheetIndex, 1, 2, 30));
    secondSeries.getDataPoints().addDataPointForBarSeries(chartDataWorkbook.getCell(defaultWorksheetIndex, 2, 2, 10));
    secondSeries.getDataPoints().addDataPointForBarSeries(chartDataWorkbook.getCell(defaultWorksheetIndex, 3, 2, 60));
    secondSeries.getFormat().getFill().setFillType(FillType.Solid);
    secondSeries.getFormat().getFill().getSolidFillColor().setColor(java.awt.Color.GREEN);

    IDataLabel firstDataLabel = secondSeries.getDataPoints().get_Item(0).getLabel();
    firstDataLabel.getDataLabelFormat().setShowCategoryName(true);

    IDataLabel secondDataLabel = secondSeries.getDataPoints().get_Item(1).getLabel();
    secondDataLabel.getDataLabelFormat().setShowSeriesName(true);

    IDataLabel thirdDataLabel = secondSeries.getDataPoints().get_Item(2).getLabel();
    thirdDataLabel.getDataLabelFormat().setShowValue(true);
    thirdDataLabel.getDataLabelFormat().setShowSeriesName(true);
    thirdDataLabel.getDataLabelFormat().setSeparator("/");

    presentation.save("chart-presentation.ppt", SaveFormat.Ppt);
} finally {
    presentation.dispose();
}
 

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    PPT What is PPT File Format?

    A PPT file is a Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003 presentation file. It stores slides, text, images, multimedia, charts, and embedded objects in the binary PowerPoint file format used before the Open XML PPTX format.

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    Other Supported Charting Formats

    You can also create charts in other presentation formats with Java.

    PPTX (Open XML Presentation Format)