Chart title reverts to default

[Kevin_Andras]

I have C# code (pasted below) that creates a chart from a standalone table.  This chart appears in the table of contents, with my specified chart title, as intended:

Then, when I open the chart to view it, the chart title reverts to a default value as if I'd created a chart from a table and did not specify a title.

I can open Chart Properties and it indicates the correct title:

Then, as soon as I click in the 'Chart title' text area, the chart updates with the correct title.

I would think that the chart title should appear as intended without having to perform these extra steps.  Is this a bug?  Is there another step my code has to perform?

Is it possible to open the chart programmatically? I don't see any obvious methods.

Thanks!!!

        public async static void MakeChart(Table table, string field1, string field2, CIMRGBColor lineColor = null, string tableTitle = "")
        {

            try
            {
                string tableName = table.GetName();
                var stTable = MapView.Active.Map.GetStandaloneTablesAsFlattenedList().Where((l) => l.Name == tableName).FirstOrDefault() as StandaloneTable;

                CIMStandaloneTable cimTableDefinition = null;

                await QueuedTask.Run(() =>
                {
                    tableName = table.GetName();

                    cimTableDefinition = stTable.GetDefinition() as CIMStandaloneTable;

                });

                if (lineColor == null) { lineColor = (CIMRGBColor)CIMColor.CreateRGBColor(237, 28, 36); };

                if (tableTitle == "")
                {
                    tableTitle = $"Profile chart for {field1} ";
                }
                    var lineChart = new CIMChart
                {
                    Name = "lineChart",
                    GeneralProperties = new CIMChartGeneralProperties
                    {                        
                        Title = tableTitle,
                    },
                    Series = new CIMChartSeries[]
                        {
                        new CIMChartLineSeries {
                            UniqueName = "lineChartSeries",
                            Name = field1,
                            //Fields = new string[] { "distance" , field1},
                            Fields = new string[] { field2 , field1},
                            ColorType = ChartColorType.SingleColor, //.CustomColor,
                            LineSymbolProperties = new CIMChartLineSymbolProperties {
                            Style = ChartLineDashStyle.Solid,
                            //Color = lineColor2, // new CIMRGBColor { R = 250, G = 150, B = 20 },  //changing this does not have any effect - plots blue line regardless
                            Width = 1,

                            },
                            MarkerSymbolProperties = new CIMChartMarkerSymbolProperties
                            {
                            Color = lineColor
                            }

                        },
                    }
                };
                lineChart.GeneralProperties.Title = tableTitle;
                lineChart.GeneralProperties.ShowTitle = true;  //this is the default setting
                var newChartsLine = new CIMChart[] { lineChart };

                // Add CIM chart to layer defintion
                cimTableDefinition.Charts = newChartsLine.ToArray();
                stTable.SetDefinition(cimTableDefinition);


            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                ErrorLog(ex.ToString());
                GC.Collect();
                return;
            }


        }

[ChristopherAllen · Accepted solution]

Hi @Kevin_Andras ,

Thanks for the question. When you configure the `CIMChartGeneralProperties`, please try adding a line to set the `UseAutomaticTitle`  property to `false` (see documentation here) :

GeneralProperties = new CIMChartGeneralProperties
{
    Title = tableTitle,
    UseAutomaticTitle = false
}

This should prevent the title from being reset when the chart is opened in Pro, but please let me know if this does not solve the problem.

Take care,

Chris

[Kevin_Andras]

That works! Thank you so much!

[ChristopherAllen]

Thank you for following up and thank you for bringing this to our attention! The code samples online will be updated to include a line that sets this property.