# GrapeCity.Documents.Excel.Drawing.IChartBars.Parent

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Excel_Drawing_IChartBars_Parent_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Documents.Excel.Drawing.IChartBars.Parent*">Parent Property
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the parent <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Excel.Drawing.IChartGroup.html">IChartGroup</a> that contains these chart bars.</p>
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Use this property to return to the chart group after accessing the up bars or
down bars of a line chart.
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">IChartGroup Parent { get; }</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">ReadOnly Property Parent As IChartGroup</code></pre>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Excel_Drawing_IChartBars_Parent_examples">Examples</h5>
<pre><code class="lang-csharp">worksheet.Range["A1:C4"].Value = new object[,] {
    {"Month", "Planned", "Actual"},
    {"Jan", 10, 14},
    {"Feb", 18, 12},
    {"Mar", 15, 20}
};
IChart chart = worksheet.Shapes.AddChart(ChartType.Line, 20, 20, 300, 200).Chart;
chart.SeriesCollection.Add(worksheet.Range["A1:C4"], RowCol.Columns, true, true);
IChartGroup chartGroup = chart.ChartGroups[0];
chartGroup.HasUpDownBars = true;
IChartBars upBars = chartGroup.UpBars;
IChartGroup parent = upBars.Parent;</code></pre>

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