DataBind Charts to Azure Synapse Data

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Use the standard ADO.NET procedures for databinding to provide bidirectional access to Azure Synapse data from controls in the Visual Studio toolbox. This article demonstrates a graphical approach using wizards in Visual Studio, as well as how to databind with only a few lines of code.

DataBinding enables bidirectional access to data from UI controls. You can use the CData ADO.NET Provider for Azure Synapse to easily databind Azure Synapse data to Windows Forms and Web controls in Visual Studio. This article shows how to use wizards to databind Azure Synapse data to a chart that reflects any changes. The code walk-through section shows how to create a chart in 10 lines of code.

DataBind to a Chart

DataBinding consists of three steps: Instantiate the control, configure the data source, and databind.

Configure the Connection and Select Database Objects

Follow the procedure below to use the Data Source Configuration Wizard to create a chart control and the connection to Azure Synapse. In the wizard, you can select the Azure Synapse entities you want to databind.

  1. In a Windows Forms project, drag and drop a Chart control from the toolbox to the form. In the Data section of the Chart properties, select DataSource and then select Add Project Data Source from the menu.
  2. In the Data Source Configuration Wizard that appears, select Database -> Dataset.
  3. In the Choose Your Data Connection step, click New Connection.

  4. In the Add Connection dialog, click Change to select the CData Azure Synapse Data Source.

    Below is a typical connection string:

    User=myuser;Password=mypassword;Server=localhost;Database=Northwind;

    Connecting to Azure Synapse

    In addition to providing authentication (see below), set the following properties to connect to a Azure Synapse database:

    • Server: The server running Azure. You can find this by logging into the Azure portal and navigating to Azure Synapse Analytics -> Select your database -> Overview -> Server name.
    • Database: The name of the database, as seen in the Azure portal on the Azure Synapse Analytics page.

    Authenticating to Azure Synapse

    Connect to Azure Synapse using the following properties:

    • User: The username provided for authentication with Azure.
    • Password: The password associated with the authenticating user.

    When you configure the connection, you may also want to set the Max Rows connection property. This will limit the number of rows returned, which is especially helpful for improving performance when designing reports and visualizations.

  5. Choose the database objects you want to work with. This example uses the Products table.

DataBind

After adding the data source and selecting database objects, you can bind the objects to the chart. This example assigns the x-axis to Id and the y-axis to ProductName.

  1. In the Chart properties, click the button in the Series property to open the Series Collection Editor.
  2. In the Series properties, select the columns you want for the x- and y-axes: Select columns from the menu in the XValueMember and YValueMember properties.

The chart is now databound to the Azure Synapse data. Run the chart to display the current data.

Code Walk-through

DataBinding to Azure Synapse data requires only a few lines of code and can be completed in three easy steps.

  1. Connect to Azure Synapse.
  2. Create the AzureSynapseDataAdapter to execute the query and create a DataSet to be filled with its results.
  3. DataBind the result set to the chart.

Below is the complete code:

AzureSynapseConnection conn = new AzureSynapseConnection("User=myuser;Password=mypassword;Server=localhost;Database=Northwind;"); AzureSynapseCommand comm = new AzureSynapseCommand("SELECT Id, ProductName FROM Products WHERE ProductName = 'Konbu'", conn); AzureSynapseDataAdapter da = new AzureSynapseDataAdapter(comm); DataSet dataset = new DataSet(); da.Fill(dataset); chart1.DataSource = dataset; chart1.Series[0].XValueMember = "Id"; chart1.Series[0].YValueMembers = "ProductName"; // Insert code for additional chart formatting here. chart1.DataBind();