Using MVC3? Need a chart? Here is some excellent code that “just works” for creating a chart in MVC3. Just add this to a controller and call it. You will see the chart. Great stuff

This sample was originally posted here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6281520/charting-in-asp-net-mvc-3

public ActionResult TestForSOExample()
{
  // slug in some data
  var data = new Dictionary<string, float>
        {
            {"test", 10.023f},
            {"test2", 20.020f},
            {"test3", 19.203f},
            {"test4", 4.039f},
            {"test5", 5.343f}
    };

  var chart = new Chart();

  var area = new ChartArea();
  // configure your chart area (dimensions, etc) here.
  chart.ChartAreas.Add(area);

  // create and customize your data series.
  var series = new Series();
  foreach (var item in data)
  {
        series.Points.AddXY(item.Key, item.Value);
    }
  series.Label = "#PERCENT{P0}";
  series.Font = new Font("Segoe UI", 8.0f, FontStyle.Bold);
  series.ChartType = SeriesChartType.Pie;
  series["PieLabelStyle"] = "Outside";

  chart.Series.Add(series);

  var returnStream = new MemoryStream();
  chart.ImageType = ChartImageType.Png;
  chart.SaveImage(returnStream);
  returnStream.Position = 0;
  return new FileStreamResult(returnStream, "image/png");
}

Here is the resultant image: