Can someone please advise what's wrong with my code? it is a very simple test to create a column chart but whatever I do I can only see the chart without any columns (no data).

using OxyPlot;
using OxyPlot.Axes;
using OxyPlot.Series;
using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace test
{

public class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
{
    private ObservableCollection<ReportModel> content;
    public ObservableCollection<ReportModel> Content { get { return content; } set { content = value; OnPropertyChanged("Content"); } }

    private PlotModel plotModel;
    public PlotModel PlotModel { get { return plotModel; } set { plotModel = value; OnPropertyChanged("PlotModel"); } }

    public MainViewModel()
    {
        Content = new ObservableCollection<ReportModel>();
        PlotModel = new PlotModel();
        SetupContent();
        SetupModel();
    }

    private void SetupModel()
    {
        var dateAxis = new DateTimeAxis(AxisPosition.Bottom, "Date", "MM/yy")
        {
            MajorGridlineStyle = LineStyle.Solid,
            MinorGridlineStyle = LineStyle.Dot,
            IntervalLength = 80
        };
        //PlotModel.Axes.Add(dateAxis);

        var valueAxis = new LinearAxis(AxisPosition.Left, 0)
        {
            MajorGridlineStyle = LineStyle.Solid,
            MinorGridlineStyle = LineStyle.Dot,
            Minimum = 13000,
            Maximum = 16000,
            Title = "Value"
        };
        //plotModel.Axes.Add(valueAxis);

        var lineSeries = new ColumnSeries() { ItemsSource = Content, ValueField = "Amount" };
        PlotModel.Series.Add(lineSeries);
    }

    private void SetupContent()
    {
        Content.Add(new ReportModel("12/1/2013", 14000));
        Content.Add(new ReportModel("1/1/2014", 15000));
        Content.Add(new ReportModel("2/1/2014", 14500));
    }
}

public class ReportModel : ViewModelBase
{
    private DateTime date;
    public DateTime Date { get { return date; } set { date = value; OnPropertyChanged("Date"); } }

    private int amount;
    public int Amount { get { return amount; } set { amount = value; OnPropertyChanged("Amount"); } }

    public ReportModel(string date, int amount)
    {
        Date = Convert.ToDateTime(date);
        Amount = amount;
    }
}

public abstract class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged(string propName)
    {
        Debug.Assert(GetType().GetProperty(propName) != null);
        var pc = PropertyChanged;
        if (pc != null)
            pc(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propName));
    }
}

}

I think you must use a CategoryAxis and not a DateTimeAxis. Do you get an exception? it should be thrown by the ColumnSeries.GetCategoryAxis.

Here is the new code. Actually I have tried with or without CategoryAxis and LinearAxis. The result is similar and only show the empty chart...

using OxyPlot;
using OxyPlot.Axes;
using OxyPlot.Series;
using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace test
{
    public class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
    {
        private ObservableCollection<ReportModel> content;
        public ObservableCollection<ReportModel> Content { get { return content; } set { content = value; OnPropertyChanged("Content"); } }

        private PlotModel plotModel;
        public PlotModel PlotModel { get { return plotModel; } set { plotModel = value; OnPropertyChanged("PlotModel"); } }

        public MainViewModel()
        {
            Content = new ObservableCollection<ReportModel>();
            PlotModel = new PlotModel();
            SetupContent();
            SetupModel();
        }

        private void SetupModel()
        {
            var dateAxis = new CategoryAxis() { ItemsSource = Content, LabelField = "Date" };
            PlotModel.Axes.Add(dateAxis);

            var valueAxis = new LinearAxis(AxisPosition.Left, 0);
            PlotModel.Axes.Add(valueAxis);

            var lineSeries = new ColumnSeries() { ItemsSource = Content, ValueField = "Amount" };
            PlotModel.Series.Add(lineSeries);
        }

        private void SetupContent()
        {
            Content.Add(new ReportModel("12/1/2013", 14000));
            Content.Add(new ReportModel("1/1/2014", 15000));
            Content.Add(new ReportModel("2/1/2014", 14500));
        }
    }

    public class ReportModel : ViewModelBase
    {
        private DateTime date;
        public DateTime Date { get { return date; } set { date = value; OnPropertyChanged("Date"); } }

        private int amount;
        public int Amount { get { return amount; } set { amount = value; OnPropertyChanged("Amount"); } }

        public ReportModel(string date, int amount)
        {
            Date = Convert.ToDateTime(date);
            Amount = amount;
        }
    }

    public abstract class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged(string propName)
        {
            Debug.Assert(GetType().GetProperty(propName) != null);
            var pc = PropertyChanged;
            if (pc != null)
                pc(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propName));
        }
    }
}

I am having issue on generating a Column/Bar Chart since upgraded to VS2013. After spending days on searching solution from web and testing, I finally believe it doesn't work in the new OxyPlot package...

Below is the test code. It works when I use the NoPCL.2013.1.51.1 version, however when I replaced the OxyPlot by downloading the latest version from NuGet (version 2014.1.249.1) it shows only an empty chart (only show the axes but no data or no column).

• View

<Window x:Class="test.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:oxy="http://oxyplot.codeplex.com"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
        <oxy:Plot Model="{Binding PivotData}" />
    </Grid>
</Window>

• ViewModel

using OxyPlot;
using OxyPlot.Axes;
using OxyPlot.Series;
using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Globalization;


namespace test
{
    public class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
    {
        private ObservableCollection<SalesModel> salesData;
        public ObservableCollection<SalesModel> SalesData
        {
            get { return salesData; }
            set { salesData = value; OnPropertyChanged("SalesData"); }
        }

        private PlotModel pivotData;
        public PlotModel PivotData
        {
            get { return pivotData; }
            set { pivotData = value; OnPropertyChanged("PivotData"); }
        }

        public MainViewModel()
        {
            GenerateSalesData();
            CreatePivotChart();
            UpdatePivotData();
        }

        private void GenerateSalesData()
        {
            SalesData = new ObservableCollection<SalesModel>();
            SalesData.Add(new SalesModel(new DateTime(2013, 11, 1), 12000));
            SalesData.Add(new SalesModel(new DateTime(2013, 12, 1), 13000));
            SalesData.Add(new SalesModel(new DateTime(2014, 1, 1), 12500));
            SalesData.Add(new SalesModel(new DateTime(2014, 2, 1), 14000));
        }

        private void CreatePivotChart()
        {
            PivotData = new PlotModel();
            PivotData.Title = "Sales Monthly Summary";
        }

        private void UpdatePivotData()
        {
            var axisX = new CategoryAxis(AxisPosition.Bottom) { ItemsSource = SalesData, LabelField = "Date" };
            PivotData.Axes.Add(axisX);
            var axisY = new LinearAxis(AxisPosition.Left) { Title = "USD" };
            PivotData.Axes.Add(axisY);
            var dataSeries = new ColumnSeries() { ItemsSource = SalesData, ValueField = "Amount" };
            PivotData.Series.Add(dataSeries);
        }

    }

    public class SalesModel : ViewModelBase
    {
        private string date;
        public string Date { get { return date; } set { date = value; OnPropertyChanged("Date"); } }

        private int amount;
        public int Amount { get { return amount; } set { amount = value; OnPropertyChanged("Amount"); } }

        public SalesModel(DateTime _date, int _amount)
        {
            date = new DateTimeFormatInfo().GetAbbreviatedMonthName(_date.Month) + "/" + (_date.Year).ToString();
            amount = _amount;
        }
    }

    public abstract class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        public void OnPropertyChanged(string prop)
        {
            var pc = PropertyChanged;
            if (pc != null)
                pc(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(prop));
        }
    }
}

Thanks for providing the code, does anyone see the problem?