Series and Chart Type

Each series has a ChartType property, which determines the type of chart type that is plotted, such as Pie, Line, and so on.

Series and Data Points

A data series is a related group of data points. A data point contains X, Y, and appearance values. Depending on the chart type, it may contain multiple Y values. For example, each point in a Candlestick chart contains a high, low, open and close value (see the figure below).

Appearance Properties

Series, like many other Chart elements, support a wide variety of appearances including the following:s

Series can have an unlimited number of data points, which also have their own appearance properties, such as gradient colors, hatching, and transparency. The appearance properties of a data point takes precedence over the same properties of the data point's owning series. The figure below demonstrates this granularity.