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Use the CData ADO.NET Provider for LinkedIn Ads with the DevExpress Windows Forms and Web controls to provide LinkedIn Ads data to a chart.

The ADO.NET Provider for LinkedIn Ads by CData incorporates conventional ADO.NET data access components compatible with third-party controls. You can adhere to the standard ADO.NET data binding procedures to establish two-way access to real-time data through UI controls. This article will demonstrate the utilization of CData components for data binding with DevExpress UI Controls (Windows Forms and Web controls), specifically binding to a chart that visualizes live data.

LinkedIn Ads uses the OAuth authentication standard. OAuth requires the authenticating user to interact with LinkedIn using the browser. See the OAuth section in the Help documentation for a guide.

Windows Forms Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress chart with LinkedIn Ads data. The LinkedInAdsDataAdapter binds to the Series property of the chart control. The Diagram property of the control defines the x- and y-axes as the column names.

using (LinkedInAdsConnection connection = new LinkedInAdsConnection( "OAuthClientId=MyOAuthClientId;OAuthClientSecret=MyOAuthClientSecret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:portNumber;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH")) { LinkedInAdsDataAdapter dataAdapter = new LinkedInAdsDataAdapter( "SELECT VisibilityCode, Comment FROM Analytics WHERE EntityId = '238'", connection); DataTable table = new DataTable(); dataAdapter.Fill(table); DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series(); chartControl1.Series.Add(series); series.DataSource = table; series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "Comment" }); series.ArgumentScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Qualitative; series.ArgumentDataMember = "VisibilityCode"; series.ValueScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Numerical; chartControl1.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False; ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true; }

Web Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress Web control with LinkedIn Ads data. The LinkedInAdsDataAdapter binds to the Series property of the chart; the Diagram property defines the x- and y-axes as the column names.

using DevExpress.XtraCharts; using (LinkedInAdsConnection connection = new LinkedInAdsConnection( "OAuthClientId=MyOAuthClientId;OAuthClientSecret=MyOAuthClientSecret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:portNumber;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH")) { LinkedInAdsDataAdapter LinkedInAdsDataAdapter1 = new LinkedInAdsDataAdapter("SELECT VisibilityCode, Comment FROM Analytics WHERE EntityId = '238'", connection); DataTable table = new DataTable(); LinkedInAdsDataAdapter1.Fill(table); DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new Series("Series1", ViewType.Bar); WebChartControl1.Series.Add(series); series.DataSource = table; series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "Comment" }); series.ArgumentScaleType = ScaleType.Qualitative; series.ArgumentDataMember = "VisibilityCode"; series.ValueScaleType = ScaleType.Numerical; ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true; }