ppt chart add

PowerPoint: Chart - Add

Add charts to a slide with data, series, and styling.

Path: /slide[N] (parent)

Properties

Property	Default	Description
chartType	column	Chart type (see types below)
title	-	Chart title
data	-	Inline data (Series1:1,2,3;Series2:4,5,6)
series1, series2, ...	-	Named series (Name:val1,val2,val3)
categories	-	Comma-separated category labels
colors	auto	Comma-separated hex colors
comboSplit	-	Bar series count for combo charts
x, y	defaults	Position (EMU or units)
width, height	defaults	Size (EMU or units)
name	auto	Chart name
legend	-	true/false, top, bottom, left, right, none
dataLabels	-	Show data labels
axisTitle	-	Value axis title
catTitle	-	Category axis title
axisMin, axisMax	-	Axis scale limits
majorUnit	-	Axis major unit
minorUnit	-	Axis minor unit
axisNumFmt	-	Axis number format
labelPos/labelposition	-	Label position: center/ctr, insideEnd/inside, insideBase/base, outsideEnd/outside, bestFit/best/auto, top/t, bottom/b, left/l, right/r
labelFont	-	Label font: "size:color:bold" e.g. "10:FF0000:true"
gridlines/majorGridlines	-	true, none/false, or "color:widthPt:dash"
minorGridlines	-	Same format as gridlines
plotFill/plotAreaFill	-	Plot area background: hex color, gradient "C1-C2[:angle]", or "none"
chartFill/chartAreaFill	-	Chart area background: hex color, gradient "C1-C2[:angle]", or "none"
lineWidth	-	Line width in pt
lineDash/dash	-	solid, dot, dash, dashdot, longdash, longdashdot, longdashdotdot
marker/markers	-	"style:size:color" e.g. "circle:8:FF0000". Styles: circle, diamond, square, triangle, star, x, plus, dash, dot, none
style/styleId	-	Chart style (1-48, or none)
transparency	-	Series transparency (0-100%)
opacity/alpha	-	Series opacity (0-100%)
gradient	-	"color1-color2:angle"
gradients	-	Per-series gradients (semicolon-separated)
secondaryAxis/secondary	-	Comma-separated 1-based series indices for secondary axis
title.font/titlefont	-	Title typeface (font name)
title.size/titlesize	-	Title font size (pt)
title.color/titlecolor	-	Title font color (hex)
title.bold/titlebold	-	Title bold (true/false)
title.glow/titleglow	-	Title glow: "COLOR-RADIUS-OPACITY" or "none"
title.shadow/titleshadow	-	Title shadow: "COLOR-BLUR-ANGLE-DIST-OPACITY" or "none"
legendfont/legend.font	-	Legend font: "size:color:fontname" e.g. "9:8B949E:Helvetica Neue"
axisfont/axis.font	-	Axis label font: "size:color:fontname" e.g. "10:58626E:Arial"
series.shadow/seriesshadow	-	Series shadow: "COLOR-BLUR-ANGLE-DIST-OPACITY" or "none"
series.outline/seriesoutline	-	Series outline: "COLOR-WIDTH" e.g. "FFFFFF-0.5" or "none"
gapwidth/gap	-	Bar gap width (0-500)
overlap	-	Bar overlap (-100 to 100)
view3d/camera/perspective	-	3D rotation: "rotX,rotY,perspective" e.g. "15,20,30"
areafill/area.fill	-	Area gradient fill: "C1-C2[:angle]"

Chart Types

Base Type	Variants
column	columnStacked, columnPercentStacked, column3d
bar	barStacked, barPercentStacked, bar3d
line	lineStacked, linePercentStacked, line3d
pie	pie3d
doughnut
area	areaStacked, areaPercentStacked, area3d
scatter
bubble
radar	spider
stock	ohlc
combo	Mixed chart types via comboSplit
waterfall	wf
funnel
treemap
sunburst
histogram
boxWhisker

Examples

# Bar chart with two series
officecli add slides.pptx /slide[1] --type chart --prop chartType=bar --prop title="Revenue by Quarter" --prop categories="Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4" --prop series1="2024:100,200,150,300" --prop series2="2023:80,180,140,250" --prop x=2cm --prop y=4cm --prop width=20cm --prop height=12cm

# Pie chart
officecli add slides.pptx /slide[2] --type chart --prop chartType=pie --prop title="Market Share" --prop categories="Product A,Product B,Product C" --prop data="Share:40,35,25" --prop colors=4472C4,ED7D31,A5A5A5

# Line chart with axis titles
officecli add slides.pptx /slide[1] --type chart --prop chartType=line --prop title="Trend" --prop categories="Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr" --prop series1="Sales:10,20,15,30" --prop axisTitle="USD" --prop catTitle="Month" --prop legend=bottom

# Radar chart
officecli add slides.pptx /slide[1] --type chart --prop chartType=radar --prop title="Skills" --prop categories="Code,Design,PM" --prop data="Team:8,6,7"

# Bubble chart
officecli add slides.pptx /slide[1] --type chart --prop chartType=bubble --prop title="Market" --prop categories="10,20,30" --prop series1="Products:100,200,150"

# Stock chart (OHLC)
officecli add slides.pptx /slide[1] --type chart --prop chartType=stock --prop categories="Mon,Tue,Wed" --prop series1="Open:100,102,101" --prop series2="High:105,108,106" --prop series3="Low:98,100,99" --prop series4="Close:103,101,104"

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Based on OfficeCLI v1.0.34