Custom Annotations

@{ var dataSource = new[] { new { Name = "California", Population = 38802500, Capital = "Sacramento", Area = 423967 }, new { Name = "Texas", Population = 26956958, Capital = "Austin", Area = 695662 }, new { Name = "Florida", Population = 19893297, Capital = "Tallahassee", Area = 170312 }, new { Name = "New York", Population = 19746227, Capital = "Albany", Area = 141297 }, new { Name = "Illinois", Population = 12880580, Capital = "Springfield", Area = 149995 } }; } @(Html.DevExtreme().Chart() .ID("chart") .Title("Top 5 Most Populated States in US") .Series(s => s .Add() .Type(SeriesType.Bar) .ArgumentField("Name") .ValueField("Population") .Name("Population") ) .CommonAnnotationSettings(c=>c.Series("Population") .Type(AnnotationType.Custom) .AllowDragging(true) .Template(@<text> <svg class='annotation'> <image href="<%-getImagePath(argument)%>" width="60" height="40" /> <text x="70" y="25" class="state"><%- argument %></text> <text x="0" y="60"> <tspan class="caption">Capital:</tspan><tspan dx="5"><%- data.Capital %></tspan><tspan dy="14" x="0" class="caption">Population:</tspan><tspan dx="5"><%- formatNumber(data.Population) %></tspan><tspan dy="14" x="0" class="caption">Area:</tspan><tspan dx="5"><%- formatNumber(data.Area) %></tspan><tspan dx="5">km</tspan><tspan class="sup" dy="-2">2</tspan> </text> </svg> </text>)) .Annotations(a => { foreach(var dataItem in dataSource) { a.Add().Argument(dataItem.Name) .Data(dataItem); } }) .Legend(l=>l.Visible(false)) .DataSource(dataSource) ) <script> function formatNumber(value) { return Globalize.formatNumber(value, { maximumFractionDigits: 0 }); } function getImagePath(argument) { return '../../images/flags/' + argument.replace(/\s/, "").toLowerCase() + ".gif"; } </script>