Delete a Chart Series

Introduction

In Microsoft PowerPoint, chart series are used to represent and display data in graphical form. A chart series is a collection of related data points that are plotted on the chart. Use the following method to delete data series from a chart.

DeleteChartSeries

API Information

API	Type	Description	Resource
/slides/{name}/slides/{slideIndex}/shapes/{shapeIndex}/series/{seriesIndex}	DELETE	Deletes a data series from a chart in a presentation saved in a storage.	DeleteChartSeries

Request Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
name	string	path	true	The name of a presentation file.
slideIndex	integer	path	true	The 1-based index of a presentation slide.
shapeIndex	integer	path	true	The 1-based index of a shape (must be a chart).
seriesIndex	integer	path	true	The 1-based index of a data series.
password	string	header	false	The password to open the presentation.
folder	string	query	false	The path to the folder containing the presentation file.
storage	string	query	false	The name of the storage contaning the folder.

Examples

The document MyPresentation.pptx, saved in the default storage, contains a chart (the first shape) with three lines on the first slide - sales volumes of products “Product A”, “Product B”, and “Product C” for 2021 to 2023. Delete the third data series (“Product C”) from the chart.

The referenced shape must be a chart, otherwise the operation will fail.

The line chart

cURL Solution

Request

Get an Access Token

curl POST "https://api.aspose.cloud/connect/token" \
     -d "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=MyClientId&client_secret=MyClientSecret" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

Delete the Data Series

curl -X DELETE "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/slides/1/shapes/1/series/3" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer MyAccessToken"

Response

Code: 200
Body: Chart JSON

SDK Solutions

using System;

using Aspose.Slides.Cloud.Sdk;
using Aspose.Slides.Cloud.Sdk.Model;

class Application
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        SlidesApi slidesApi = new SlidesApi("MyClientId", "MyClientSecret");

        string fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
        int slideIndex = 1;
        int shapeIndex = 1;
        int seriesIndex = 3;

        Chart chart = slidesApi.DeleteChartSeries(fileName, slideIndex, shapeIndex, seriesIndex);

        int seriesCount = chart.Series.Count;
        Console.WriteLine($"Number of data series: {seriesCount}");
    }
}

Java

import com.aspose.slides.ApiException;
import com.aspose.slides.api.SlidesApi;
import com.aspose.slides.model.Chart;

public class Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ApiException {
        SlidesApi slidesApi = new SlidesApi("MyClientId", "MyClientSecret");

        String fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
        int slideIndex = 1;
        int shapeIndex = 1;
        int seriesIndex = 3;

        Chart chart = slidesApi.deleteChartSeries(fileName, slideIndex, shapeIndex, seriesIndex, null, null, null);

        int seriesCount = chart.getSeries().size();
        System.out.println("Number of data series: " + seriesCount);
    }
}

PHP

use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Api\Configuration;
use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Api\SlidesApi;

$configuration = new Configuration();
$configuration->setAppSid("MyClientId");
$configuration->setAppKey("MyClientSecret");

$slidesApi = new SlidesApi(null, $configuration);

$fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
$slideIndex = 1;
$shapeIndex = 1;
$seriesIndex = 3;

$chart = $slidesApi->deleteChartSeries($fileName, $slideIndex, $shapeIndex, $seriesIndex);

$seriesCount = count($chart->getSeries());
echo "Number of data series: ", $seriesCount;

Ruby

require "aspose_slides_cloud"

include AsposeSlidesCloud

configuration = Configuration.new
configuration.app_sid = "MyClientId"
configuration.app_key = "MyClientSecret"

slides_api = SlidesApi.new(configuration)

file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx"
slide_index = 1
shape_index = 1
series_index = 3

chart = slides_api.delete_chart_series(file_name, slide_index, shape_index, series_index)

series_count = chart.series.length()
puts "Number of data series: #{series_count}"

Python

from asposeslidescloud.apis.slides_api import SlidesApi

slides_api = SlidesApi(None, "MyClientId", "MyClientSecret")

file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx"
slide_index = 1
shape_index = 1
series_index = 3

chart = slides_api.delete_chart_series(file_name, slide_index, shape_index, series_index)

series_count = len(chart.series)
print("Number of data series:", series_count)

Node.js

const cloudSdk = require("asposeslidescloud");

const slidesApi = new cloudSdk.SlidesApi("MyClientId", "MyClientSecret");

fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
slideIndex = 1;
shapeIndex = 1;
seriesIndex = 3;

slidesApi.deleteChartSeries(fileName, slideIndex, shapeIndex, seriesIndex).then(chart => {
    seriesCount = chart.body.series.length;
    console.log("Number of data series:", seriesCount);
});

C++

#include "asposeslidescloud/api/SlidesApi.h"

using namespace asposeslidescloud::api;

int main()
{
    std::shared_ptr<SlidesApi> slidesApi = std::make_shared<SlidesApi>(L"MyClientId", L"MyClientSecret");

    const wchar_t* fileName = L"MyPresentation.pptx";
    int slideIndex = 1;
    int shapeIndex = 1;
    int seriesIndex = 3;

    std::shared_ptr<Chart> chart = slidesApi->deleteChartSeries(fileName, slideIndex, shapeIndex, seriesIndex).get();

    int seriesCount = chart->getSeries().size();
    std::wcout << L"Number of data series: " << seriesCount;
}

Perl

use AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration;
use AsposeSlidesCloud::SlidesApi;

my $config = AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration->new();
$config->{app_sid} = "MyClientId";
$config->{app_key} = "MyClientSecret";

my $slides_api = AsposeSlidesCloud::SlidesApi->new(config => $config);

my $file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx";
my $slide_index = 1;
my $shape_index = 1;
my $series_index = 3;

my $chart = $slides_api->delete_chart_series(
    name => $file_name, slide_index => $slide_index, shape_index => $shape_index, series_index => $series_index);

my $series_count = @{$chart->{series}};
print("Number of data series: ", $series_count);

Swift

cfg := asposeslidescloud.NewConfiguration()
cfg.AppSid = "MyClientId"
cfg.AppKey = "MyClientSecret"

api := asposeslidescloud.NewAPIClient(cfg)

fileName := "MyPresentation.pptx"
slideIndex := 1
shapeIndex := 1
seriesIndex := 3

result, _, e := api.SlidesApi.DeleteChartSeries(fileName, slideIndex, shapeIndex, seriesIndex, "", "", "")
if e != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error: %v.", e)
} else {
    fmt.Printf("Number of data series: %v", len(result.(asposeslidescloud.IChart).GetSeries()))
}

The result:

The line chart

SDKs

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