# Step 2 of 4: Bind C1Chart to the Data Source

## Content



To bind your chart to the data source that you created in the previous step, complete the following tasks:

1.  From the Toolbox, double-click the **C1Chart** control to add it to the form. Resize the **C1Chart** control to be around 400x400.
2.  Right-click on the chart and select **Chart Properties** from the menu. The **Chart Properties** designer appears.
3.  Click **Gallery**, select the **Simple Types** tab, and then select select **Bar**. In the right pane select the first bar image in the first row, and click **Apply**.
4.  Click **Data** and select Series 3. Click **Remove** to remove Series 3 from the bar chart.
5.  Label Series 0 as Unit Price, Series 1 as Units in Stock, and Series 2 as Reorder Level. Click **Apply**.
6.  In the tree view, select **Data>Binding**, and select **dataView1** from the **Data source** drop-down list -box.
7.  Click on **Data** and select the Unit Price from the **Data Series** listbox. In the Data binding, set the data field for the X axis to **ProductName** and the Y axis to **UnitPrice**.
8.  Select the Units in Stock data series and set its X-axis data field to **ProductName** and Y-axis to **UnitsInStock**.
9.  Select the Reorder Level data series and set its X-axis data field to **ProductName** and Y-axis data field to **ReorderLevel**.
    
    This should bind the chart properly with DataSet. And after this if you check **ChartGroups>Group0>ChartData>SeriesList** in the Properties Window, you see the proper data field name listed for Y Datafield.
    
10.  In the tree view, select **Appearance>Header**.
11.  In the **Appearance [Header\]** tab click the **Visible** checkbox to enable the chart header.
12.  Select **OK** to close the **Chart Properties**.
13.  Run the application.

You have successfully connected the chart to the data source and configured the chart's settings. To make our data more readable on the chart, in the next step we will add a listbox to filter the categories from the data.

## See Also

[Step 3 of 4: Bind the ListBox to the DataSet](/componentone/docs/win/online-chart2d/chartforwinformsquic/step3of4bindthelistb)