Java - Create Column Charts, Pie Charts or Line Charts in PowerPoint Documents

Charts can display data as visual graphs, so that we can easily find the key information behind the data, like the proportion of sales based on region, the trend of data over time, etc. In this article, I am going to introduce how to create a clustered column chart, a pie chart and a line chart in a PowerPoint document by using Spire.Presentation for Java.

If you use Maven, you can easily import the Spire.Presentation.jar in your application using the following configurations. For non-Maven projects, please download the jar file from this link and add it as a dependency in your program.

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
        <name>e-iceblue</name>
        <url>https://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId> e-iceblue </groupId>
        <artifactId>spire.presentation</artifactId>
        <version>4.10.1</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

import com.spire.presentation.FileFormat;
import com.spire.presentation.Presentation;
import com.spire.presentation.SlideSizeType;
import com.spire.presentation.charts.ChartStyle;
import com.spire.presentation.charts.ChartType;
import com.spire.presentation.charts.IChart;

import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class CreateColumnChart {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        //Create a PowerPoint document
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
        presentation.getSlideSize().setType(SlideSizeType.SCREEN_16_X_9);

        //Insert a clustered column chart
        Rectangle2D.Float rect = new Rectangle2D.Float(40, 100, 600, 300);
        IChart chart = presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendChart(ChartType.COLUMN_CLUSTERED, rect);

        //Set chart title
        chart.getChartTitle().getTextProperties().setText("Quarterly Sales 2021");
        chart.getChartTitle().getTextProperties().isCentered(true);
        chart.getChartTitle().setHeight(30f);
        chart.hasTitle(true);

        //Create a String[][] array to store data
        String[][] data = new String[][]{
                {"Quarterly Sales 2021", "Product A", "Product B"},
                {"Q1", "25000", "15000"},
                {"Q2", "13000", "21000"},
                {"Q3", "16000", "25000"},
                {"Q4", "21000", "18000"}
        };

        //Loop through the elements in the array
        for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < data[0].length; j++) {
                int number;
                //If a string can be converted to a integer
                if (isNum(data[i][j])) {
                    //Convert string to integer
                    number = Integer.parseInt(data[i][j]);
                    //Write the int value into the chart
                    chart.getChartData().get(i, j).setValue(number);
                } else {
                    //Write the string value into the chart
                    chart.getChartData().get(i, j).setValue(data[i][j]);
                }
            }
        }

        //Set series label
        chart.getSeries().setSeriesLabel(chart.getChartData().get("B1", "C1"));

        //Set category labels
        chart.getCategories().setCategoryLabels(chart.getChartData().get("A2", "A5"));

        //Set series values
        chart.getSeries().get(0).setValues(chart.getChartData().get("B2", "B5"));
        chart.getSeries().get(1).setValues(chart.getChartData().get("C2", "C5"));

        //Set chart style
        chart.setChartStyle(ChartStyle.STYLE_10);

        //Set overlap value
        chart.setOverLap(-50);

        //Set gap width
        chart.setGapWidth(200);

        //Save to file
        presentation.saveToFile("output/ClusteredColumnChart.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
    }

    //Determine if a string can be converted to a integer
    public static boolean isNum(String str) {

        try {
            new BigDecimal(str);
            return true;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

import com.spire.presentation.FileFormat;
import com.spire.presentation.Presentation;
import com.spire.presentation.SlideSizeType;
import com.spire.presentation.charts.ChartLegendPositionType;
import com.spire.presentation.charts.ChartStyle;
import com.spire.presentation.charts.ChartType;
import com.spire.presentation.charts.IChart;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.FillFormatType;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

public class CreatePieChart {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        //Create a Presentation object
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
        presentation.getSlideSize().setType(SlideSizeType.SCREEN_16_X_9);

        //Insert a pie chart
        Rectangle2D.Double rect = new   Rectangle2D.Double(100, 50, 600, 350);
        IChart chart = presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendChart(ChartType.PIE_3_D, rect);

        //Set title
        chart.getChartTitle().getTextProperties().setText("SALES BY REGION");
        chart.getChartTitle().getTextProperties().isCentered(true);
        chart.getChartTitle().setHeight(30);
        chart.hasTitle(true);

        //Write data to chart as chart data
        chart.getChartData().get(0,0).setText("Regions");
        chart.getChartData().get(1,0).setText("West");
        chart.getChartData().get(2,0).setText("East");
        chart.getChartData().get(3,0).setText("North");
        chart.getChartData().get(4,0).setText("South");
        chart.getChartData().get(0,1).setText("Sales");
        chart.getChartData().get(1,1).setNumberValue(124000);
        chart.getChartData().get(2,1).setNumberValue(92000);
        chart.getChartData().get(3,1).setNumberValue(183000);
        chart.getChartData().get(4,1).setNumberValue(65000);

        //Set series labels
        chart.getSeries().setSeriesLabel(chart.getChartData().get("B1","B1"));

        //Set categories labels
        chart.getCategories().setCategoryLabels(chart.getChartData().get("A2", "A5"));

        //Assign data to series values
        chart.getSeries().get(0).setValues(chart.getChartData().get("B2", "B5"));

        //Display values in data labels
        chart.getSeries().get(0).getDataLabels().setLabelValueVisible(true);
        chart.getSeries().get(0).getDataLabels().setPercentValueVisible(true);

        //Apply built-in chart style
        chart.setChartStyle(ChartStyle.STYLE_10);

        //Set chart legend position
        chart.getChartLegend().setPosition(ChartLegendPositionType.LEFT);

        //Fill chart with solid color
        chart.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        chart.getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(Color.lightGray);

        //Save to file
        presentation.saveToFile("output/PieChart.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2016);
    }
}

import com.spire.presentation.FileFormat;
import com.spire.presentation.Presentation;
import com.spire.presentation.SlideSizeType;
import com.spire.presentation.charts.ChartLegendPositionType;
import com.spire.presentation.charts.ChartType;
import com.spire.presentation.charts.IChart;

import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

public class CreateLineChart {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        //Create a Presentation object
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
        presentation.getSlideSize().setType(SlideSizeType.SCREEN_16_X_9);

        //Insert a line chart
        Rectangle2D.Double rect = new   Rectangle2D.Double(100, 50, 600, 430);
        IChart chart = presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendChart(ChartType.LINE, rect);

        //Set chart title
        chart.getChartTitle().getTextProperties().setText("Vehicle Sales by Year");
        chart.getChartTitle().getTextProperties().isCentered(true);
        chart.getChartTitle().setHeight(30);
        chart.hasTitle(true);

        //Set axis title
        chart.getPrimaryCategoryAxis().getTitle().getTextProperties().setText("Years");
        chart.getPrimaryCategoryAxis().hasTitle(true);
        chart.getPrimaryValueAxis().getTitle().getTextProperties().setText("No. of Vehicles in Thousands");
        chart.getPrimaryValueAxis().hasTitle(true);

        //Write data to chart as chart data
        chart.getChartData().get(0,0).setText("Year");
        chart.getChartData().get(1,0).setText("2016");
        chart.getChartData().get(2,0).setText("2017");
        chart.getChartData().get(3,0).setText("2018");
        chart.getChartData().get(4,0).setText("2019");
        chart.getChartData().get(5,0).setText("2020");
        chart.getChartData().get(6,0).setText("2021");

        chart.getChartData().get(0,1).setText("Sedan");
        chart.getChartData().get(1,1).setNumberValue(120);
        chart.getChartData().get(2,1).setNumberValue(105);
        chart.getChartData().get(3,1).setNumberValue(136);
        chart.getChartData().get(4,1).setNumberValue(124);
        chart.getChartData().get(5,1).setNumberValue(154);
        chart.getChartData().get(6,1).setNumberValue(116);

        chart.getChartData().get(0,2).setText("SUV");
        chart.getChartData().get(1,2).setNumberValue(180);
        chart.getChartData().get(2,2).setNumberValue(162);
        chart.getChartData().get(3,2).setNumberValue(140);
        chart.getChartData().get(4,2).setNumberValue(176);
        chart.getChartData().get(5,2).setNumberValue(143);
        chart.getChartData().get(6,2).setNumberValue(190);

        chart.getChartData().get(0,3).setText("Sports");
        chart.getChartData().get(1,3).setNumberValue(100);
        chart.getChartData().get(2,3).setNumberValue(86);
        chart.getChartData().get(3,3).setNumberValue(94);
        chart.getChartData().get(4,3).setNumberValue(116);
        chart.getChartData().get(5,3).setNumberValue(130);
        chart.getChartData().get(6,3).setNumberValue(124);

        //Set series labels
        chart.getSeries().setSeriesLabel(chart.getChartData().get("B1", "D1"));

        //Set categories labels
        chart.getCategories().setCategoryLabels(chart.getChartData().get("A2", "A7"));

        //Assign data to series values
        chart.getSeries().get(0).setValues(chart.getChartData().get("B2", "B7"));
        chart.getSeries().get(1).setValues(chart.getChartData().get("C2", "C7"));
        chart.getSeries().get(2).setValues(chart.getChartData().get("D2", "D7"));

        //Display values in data labels
        chart.getSeries().get(0).getDataLabels().setLabelValueVisible(true);
        chart.getSeries().get(1).getDataLabels().setLabelValueVisible(true);
        chart.getSeries().get(2).getDataLabels().setLabelValueVisible(true);

        //Set chart legend position
        chart.getChartLegend().setPosition(ChartLegendPositionType.TOP);

        //Save to file
        presentation.saveToFile("output/LineChart.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2016);
    }
}