Class XyChartData

src/pptx/chart/data.py:684–707

A specialized ChartData object suitable for use with an XY (aka. scatter) chart. Unlike ChartData, it has no category sequence. Rather, each data point of each series specifies both an X and a Y value.

class XyChartData(_BaseChartData):
    """
    A specialized ChartData object suitable for use with an XY (aka. scatter)
    chart. Unlike ChartData, it has no category sequence. Rather, each data
    point of each series specifies both an X and a Y value.
    """

    def add_series(self, name, number_format=None):
        """
        Return an |XySeriesData| object newly created and added at the end of
        this sequence, identified by *name* and values formatted with
        *number_format*.
        """
        series_data = XySeriesData(self, name, number_format)
        self.append(series_data)
        return series_data

    @lazyproperty
    def _workbook_writer(self):
        """
        The worksheet writer object to which layout and writing of the Excel
        worksheet for this chart will be delegated.
        """
        return XyWorkbookWriter(self)


class BubbleChartData(XyChartData):