"Graph Speaks Louder than words(numbers)"
So, let's bind the lead data for the year 2011 to 2015 with ASP.NET Chart control in your website.
Step 1: Create new ASP.NET Empty website and give a name '
WebChart'.
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Step 2: Add new Web Page by clicking on Add, then Web form.
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Step 3: Drag and drop Chart Control from the Toolbox, Data, then Chart on Web Form.
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Step 4: From the right top corner of the chart control Choose Data Source.
Step 5: Choose SQL data source and give a name 'SqlDataSource1' and click Ok.
Step 6: Connect this with SQL database, enter server detail and Login Credentials for login to SQL Server and select database.
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Step 7: Give a name to connection string, and click on next. It will add connection string in web.config file.
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Step 8: Now select the table and select the fields you want to bind in your Chart as X axis and Y axis.
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Step 9: Click on next and test your query, and click on finish.
Step 10 : That's it. Now save and run your website and it will display lead count for the respective years.
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Hope you liked the simple steps to bind SQL data with ASP.NET Chart control.