Create Excel column chart in Java

Spire.XLS for Java supports to generate many kinds of charts in Excel files. This article demonstrates how to create Excel column chart using Spire.XLS for Java. There are two main column charts, ColumnClustered chart and ColumnStacked chart. Here comes to the code snippets.

Java generate Column stacked chart. ColumnClustered represents Clustered Column Chart.

import com.spire.xls.*;
import com.spire.xls.charts.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class ColumnChart{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        executeStackedColumn(true);
    }
    private static void executeStackedColumn(boolean is3D)
    {
        //Create a Workbook
        Workbook workbook = new Workbook();

        //Get the first sheet and set its name
        Worksheet sheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
        sheet.setName("StackedColumn");

        //Set chart data
        createChartData(sheet);

        //Add a chart
        Chart chart = sheet.getCharts().add();

        //Set region of chart data
        chart.setDataRange(sheet.getCellRange("A1:C5"));
        chart.setSeriesDataFromRange(false);

        //Set position of chart
        chart.setLeftColumn(1);
        chart.setTopRow(6);
        chart.setRightColumn(11);
        chart.setBottomRow(29);

        if (is3D)
        {
            chart.setChartType(ExcelChartType.Column3DStacked);
        }
        else
        {
            chart.setChartType(ExcelChartType.ColumnStacked);
        }

        //Chart title
        chart.setChartTitle("Sales market by country");
        chart.getChartTitleArea().isBold(true);
        chart.getChartTitleArea().setSize(12);

        //Chart Axis
        chart.getPrimaryCategoryAxis().setTitle("Country");
        chart.getPrimaryCategoryAxis().getFont().isBold(true);
        chart.getPrimaryCategoryAxis().getTitleArea().isBold(true);

        chart.getPrimaryValueAxis().setTitle("Sales(in Dollars)");
        chart.getPrimaryValueAxis().hasMajorGridLines(false);
        chart.getPrimaryValueAxis().setMinValue(1000);
        chart.getPrimaryValueAxis().getTitleArea().isBold(true);
        chart.getPrimaryValueAxis().getTitleArea().setTextRotationAngle(90);

        ChartSeries series = chart.getSeries();
        for (int i = 0;i < series.size();i++)
        {
            ChartSerie cs = series.get(i);
            cs.getFormat().getOptions().isVaryColor(true);
            cs.getDataPoints().getDefaultDataPoint().getDataLabels().hasValue(true);
        }

        //Chart legend
        chart.getLegend().setPosition(LegendPositionType.Top);

        //Save the result file
        workbook.saveToFile("output/StackedColumn.xlsx",ExcelVersion.Version2010);

    }

    private static void createChartData(Worksheet sheet)
    {
        //Set value of specified cell
        sheet.getCellRange("A1").setValue("Country");
        sheet.getCellRange("A2").setValue("Cuba");
        sheet.getCellRange("A3").setValue("Mexico");
        sheet.getCellRange("A4").setValue("France");
        sheet.getCellRange("A5").setValue("German");

        sheet.getCellRange("B1").setValue("Jun");
        sheet.getCellRange("B2").setNumberValue(6000);
        sheet.getCellRange("B3").setNumberValue(8000);
        sheet.getCellRange("B4").setNumberValue(9000);
        sheet.getCellRange("B5").setNumberValue(8500);

        sheet.getCellRange("C1").setValue("Aug");
        sheet.getCellRange("C2").setNumberValue(3000);
        sheet.getCellRange("C3").setNumberValue(2000);
        sheet.getCellRange("C4").setNumberValue(2300);
        sheet.getCellRange("C5").setNumberValue(4200);

        //Style
        sheet.getCellRange("A1:C1").setRowHeight(15);
        sheet.getCellRange("A1:C1").getCellStyle().setColor(Color.darkGray);
        sheet.getCellRange("A1:C1").getCellStyle().getExcelFont().setColor(Color.white);
        sheet.getCellRange("A1:C1").getCellStyle().setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignType.Center);
        sheet.getCellRange("A1:C1").getCellStyle().setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignType.Center);

        sheet.getCellRange("B2:C5").getCellStyle().setNumberFormat("\"$\"#,##0");
    }
}

Effective screenshot of column stacked chart. ColumnStacked represents Stacked Column Chart.

Java generate Column clustered chart:

import com.spire.xls.*;
import com.spire.xls.charts.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class ColumnChart {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        executeClusteredColumn(true);
    }
    private static void executeClusteredColumn(boolean is3D)
    {
        //Create a Workbook
        Workbook workbook = new Workbook();

        //Get the first sheet and set its name
        Worksheet sheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
        sheet.setName("ClusteredColumn");

        //Set chart data
        createChartData(sheet);

        //Add a chart
        Chart chart = sheet.getCharts().add();

        //Set region of chart data
        chart.setDataRange(sheet.getCellRange("A1:C5"));
        chart.setSeriesDataFromRange(false);

        //Set position of chart
        chart.setLeftColumn(1);
        chart.setTopRow(6);
        chart.setRightColumn(11);
        chart.setBottomRow(29);

        if (is3D)
        {
            chart.setChartType(ExcelChartType.Column3DClustered);
        }
        else
        {
            chart.setChartType(ExcelChartType.ColumnClustered);
        }

        //Chart title
        chart.setChartTitle("Sales market by country");
        chart.getChartTitleArea().isBold(true);
        chart.getChartTitleArea().setSize(12);

        //Chart Axis
        chart.getPrimaryCategoryAxis().setTitle("Country");
        chart.getPrimaryCategoryAxis().getFont().isBold(true);
        chart.getPrimaryCategoryAxis().getTitleArea().isBold(true);

        chart.getPrimaryValueAxis().setTitle("Sales(in Dollars)");
        chart.getPrimaryValueAxis().hasMajorGridLines(false);
        chart.getPrimaryValueAxis().setMinValue(1000);
        chart.getPrimaryValueAxis().getTitleArea().isBold(true);
        chart.getPrimaryValueAxis().getTitleArea().setTextRotationAngle(90);

        ChartSeries series = chart.getSeries();
        for (int i = 0;i < series.size();i++)
        {
            ChartSerie cs = series.get(i);
            cs.getFormat().getOptions().isVaryColor(true);
            cs.getDataPoints().getDefaultDataPoint().getDataLabels().hasValue(true);
        }

        //Chart legend
        chart.getLegend().setPosition(LegendPositionType.Top);

        //Save the result file
        workbook.saveToFile("output/ClusteredColumn.xlsx",ExcelVersion.Version2010);

    }

    private static void createChartData(Worksheet sheet)
    {
        //Set value of specified cell
        sheet.getCellRange("A1").setValue("Country");
        sheet.getCellRange("A2").setValue("Cuba");
        sheet.getCellRange("A3").setValue("Mexico");
        sheet.getCellRange("A4").setValue("France");
        sheet.getCellRange("A5").setValue("German");

        sheet.getCellRange("B1").setValue("Jun");
        sheet.getCellRange("B2").setNumberValue(6000);
        sheet.getCellRange("B3").setNumberValue(8000);
        sheet.getCellRange("B4").setNumberValue(9000);
        sheet.getCellRange("B5").setNumberValue(8500);

        sheet.getCellRange("C1").setValue("Aug");
        sheet.getCellRange("C2").setNumberValue(3000);
        sheet.getCellRange("C3").setNumberValue(2000);
        sheet.getCellRange("C4").setNumberValue(2300);
        sheet.getCellRange("C5").setNumberValue(4200);

        //Style
        sheet.getCellRange("A1:C1").setRowHeight(15);
        sheet.getCellRange("A1:C1").getCellStyle().setColor(Color.darkGray);
        sheet.getCellRange("A1:C1").getCellStyle().getExcelFont().setColor(Color.white);
        sheet.getCellRange("A1:C1").getCellStyle().setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignType.Center);
        sheet.getCellRange("A1:C1").getCellStyle().setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignType.Center);

        sheet.getCellRange("B2:C5").getCellStyle().setNumberFormat("\"$\"#,##0");
    }
}

Effective screenshot of column clustered chart:

Create Excel column chart in Java

Create Excel column chart in Java

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