Create PPT Charts in Java

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

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>26.8</version>
    <classifier>jdk16</classifier>
</dependency>

Create a Chart in PPT - 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();
}

How to Create Charts in PPT Files in Java

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

Create a Presentation object.
Get the first ISlide from the presentation.
Add an IChart object with default data.
Set the chart title and data label options.
Get the IChartDataWorkbook object and clear default series and categories.
Add new chart series and categories.
Populate series data and set series fill colors.
Create custom data labels for the chart series.
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 .

Built with Aspose.Slides

Create PPT Charts Online

The free Aspose.Slides Chart app is built with Aspose.Slides for Java, the same API as the code above. Open it and see what the API can do with your own PPT files.

Runs in your browser, nothing to install.
See how Aspose.Slides builds charts before you write code.
Build a chart from Excel or table data.
Download it as a PPT file or an image.

Open Aspose.Slides Chart All free apps

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.

Other Supported Chart Formats

Using Java, you can also create charts in other formats.