1. Working with Charts ISYS 562

2. Chart Locations As an embedded object on a worksheet: –Worksheet ChartObjects –ChartObject: A container for a chart »Chart » Chart properties and methods In a separate chart sheet –Workbook Charts or Sheet –Chart »Chart properties and methods

3. Referring to a Chart In a worksheet: –MsgBox(Worksheets(“sheet1”).ChartObjects(1).ChartTitle.Text) In a chart sheet: –MsgBox(thisworkbook.Sheets("chart1").chartTitle.Text)

4. Chart Example: Comparing the Charges of Three Service Plans

5. Recording Chart Macro Sub ChartMC() ' ' ChartMC Macro ' Macro recorded 11/16/2005 by cob Charts.Add ActiveChart.ChartType = xlLine ActiveChart.SetSourceData Source:=Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:D20"), PlotBy _ :=xlColumns ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Delete ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).XValues = "=Sheet1!R2C1:R20C1" ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(2).XValues = "=Sheet1!R2C1:R20C1" ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(3).XValues = "=Sheet1!R2C1:R20C1" ActiveChart.Location Where:=xlLocationAsNewSheet With ActiveChart.HasTitle = True.ChartTitle.Characters.Text = "Plans Comparsion".Axes(xlCategory, xlPrimary).HasTitle = True.Axes(xlCategory, xlPrimary).AxisTitle.Characters.Text = "Hours Used".Axes(xlValue, xlPrimary).HasTitle = True.Axes(xlValue, xlPrimary).AxisTitle.Characters.Text = "Charges" End With End Sub

6. Chart’s SeriesCollection A collection of data Series for Y axis Series object: –XValues property: the series for X-axis

7. Adding a New Data Series to an Existing Chart activechart.SeriesCollection.add source:=Worksheets("sheet1").Range("e1:e20")

8. Deleting a Data Series from An Existing Chart activechart.SeriesCollection(1).delete

9. SeriesCollection Demo

10. Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() 'ActiveChart.SeriesCollection.Add Source:=Worksheets("sheet1").Range(RefEdit1.Text) ThisWorkbook.Sheets("chart1").SeriesCollection.Add Source:=Range(RefEdit1.Text) ListBox1.Clear Dim i As Integer For i = 1 To ThisWorkbook.Sheets("chart1").SeriesCollection.Count ListBox1.AddItem (ThisWorkbook.Sheets("chart1").SeriesCollection(i).Name) Next i End Sub Private Sub CommandButton2_Click() Dim i As Integer For i = 1 To ThisWorkbook.Sheets("chart1").SeriesCollection.Count If ThisWorkbook.Sheets("chart1").SeriesCollection(i).Name = ListBox1.Value Then ThisWorkbook.Sheets("chart1").SeriesCollection(i).Delete Exit For End If Next i ListBox1.Clear For i = 1 To ThisWorkbook.Sheets("chart1").SeriesCollection.Count ListBox1.AddItem (ThisWorkbook.Sheets("chart1").SeriesCollection(i).Name) Next i End Sub Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() Dim i As Integer For i = 1 To ThisWorkbook.Sheets("chart1").SeriesCollection.Count ListBox1.AddItem (ThisWorkbook.Sheets("chart1").SeriesCollection(i).Name) Next i End Sub

11. An MIS Query Downloaded from a Server

12. Macro to create a column chart to compare the projected sales and actual sales Charts.Add ActiveChart.ChartType = xlColumnClustered ActiveChart.SetSourceData Source:=Sheets("Sheet4").Range("A1:E5"), PlotBy:= _ xlColumns ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(3).Delete ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).XValues = "=Sheet4!R2C2:R5C2" ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(2).XValues = "=Sheet4!R2C2:R5C2" ActiveChart.Location Where:=xlLocationAsNewSheet With ActiveChart.HasTitle = True.ChartTitle.Characters.Text = "Comparison of Actual Sales with Projection".Axes(xlCategory, xlPrimary).HasTitle = True.Axes(xlCategory, xlPrimary).AxisTitle.Characters.Text = "Dollar Amount".Axes(xlValue, xlPrimary).HasTitle = False End With

13. Rewrite the macro to generalize the worksheet name Sub MyChart() Dim r As Range ActiveSheet.Range("a1").Select Set r = ActiveCell.CurrentRegion Dim sheetName As String sheetName = ActiveSheet.Name Charts.Add ActiveChart.ChartType = xlColumnClustered ActiveChart.SetSourceData Source:=r, PlotBy:=xlColumns ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(3).Delete ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).XValues = "=" & sheetName & "!R2C2:R5C2" ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(2).XValues = "=" & sheetName & "!R2C2:R5C2" ActiveChart.Location Where:=xlLocationAsNewSheet With ActiveChart.HasTitle = True.ChartTitle.Characters.Text = "Comparison of Actual Sales with Projection".Axes(xlCategory, xlPrimary).HasTitle = True.Axes(xlCategory, xlPrimary).AxisTitle.Characters.Text = "Dollar Amount".Axes(xlValue, xlPrimary).HasTitle = False End With End Sub