The user can import the data contained in a DataTable column with the help of the FillFromDataTable method of the NDataSeries class. The method receives two arguments - the data table and the column, which must be imported. The data contained in the specified column must be compatible with the data series type (see the General Concepts topic for a more detailed description of data series compatibility).

The following example demonstrates a single data series import from an DataTable. The example assumes that the DataTable Table1 has a column called Values which is of type double.

bar.Values.FillFromDataTable(Table1, "Values");

bar.Values.FillFromDataTable(Table1, "Values")

The user can simultaneously import the data contained in a set of DataTable columns into the data series contained in a NDataSeriesCollection . This is achieved with the help of the FillFromDataTable method of the NDataSeriesCollection class. The method receives two arguments - the data table and the columns, which must be imported. The first specified column is imported into the first data series, the second column into the second series ... etc.

The following example demonstrates a multiple data series import from a DataTable. The example code simultaneously imports the Values and Labels (of type string) columns into the Values and Labels data series of a bar chart.

// create a NDataSeriesCollection object
NDataSeriesCollection arrSeries = bar.GetDataSeries(DataSeriesMask.Values |
DataSeriesMask.Labels, DataSeriesMask.None);

// create a string array containing the columns which must be imported
string[] arrCollumns = { "Values", "Labels" };

// import the columns into the data series
arrSeries.FillFromDataTable(Table1, arrCollumns);

' create a NDataSeriesCollection
object Dim arrSeries As NDataSeriesCollection = bar.GetDataSeries(DataSeriesMask.Values
Or DataSeriesMask.Labels, DataSeriesMask.None)

' create a string array containing the columns which must be imported
Dim arrCollumns() As String = {"Values", "Labels"}

' import the columns into the data series
arrSeries.FillFromDataTable(Table1, arrCollumns)

Similarly to the FillFromDataTable methods of the NDataSeries and NDataSeriesCollection classes the FillFromDataView methods can be used to import data from a DataView source.

Even though the DataView internally uses a DataTable source, the import from a DataView feature is useful because the imported data will be synchronized with the applied DataView sorting and filtering.