My "Chart data range" is ='sheet1'!$A$1:$Z$10
. I'd like to make a VBA macro (or if anybody knows a formula I can use, but I couldn't figure one out) to increase the ending column of the range for chart1
by 1 every time I run the macro. So essentially:
chart1.endCol = chart1.endCol + 1
What is the syntax for this using ActiveChart
or is there a better way?
Assuming that you want to expand the range (by adding one extra column) to add one more observation for each series in you diagram (and not to add a new series), you could use this code:
Sub ChangeChartRange()
Dim i As Integer, r As Integer, n As Integer, p1 As Integer, p2 As Integer, p3 As Integer
Dim rng As Range
Dim ax As Range
'Cycles through each series
For n = 1 To ActiveChart.SeriesCollection.Count Step 1
r = 0
'Finds the current range of the series and the axis
For i = 1 To Len(ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(n).Formula) Step 1
If Mid(ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(n).Formula, i, 1) = "," Then
r = r + 1
If r = 1 Then p1 = i + 1
If r = 2 Then p2 = i
If r = 3 Then p3 = i
End If
Next i
'Defines new range
Set rng = Range(Mid(ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(n).Formula, p2 + 1, p3 - p2 - 1))
Set rng = Range(rng, rng.Offset(0, 1))
'Sets new range for each series
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(n).Values = rng
'Updates axis
Set ax = Range(Mid(ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(n).Formula, p1, p2 - p1))
Set ax = Range(ax, ax.Offset(0, 1))
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(n).XValues = ax
Next n
End Sub
Offset function
dynamic range makes it possible.
Sample data
Steps
- Define a dynamic named range
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$2,,,1,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A$2:$Z$2))
and give it a
name mobileRange
- Right Click on Chart
- Click on Select Data
This screen will come
Click on Edit
under Legend Entries.(mobiles is selected)
- change the Series value to point to
mobileRange
named range.
- Now if data for future months are added to mobile sales it will automatically reflect in chart.
Assuming that you only run the macro with a Chart Selected, my idea is to alter the range in the formula for each Series. You can of cause change to apply to all Charts in a Worksheet.
UPDATE: Have changed code to accommodate multiple series with screenshots
Sub ChartRangeAdd()
On Error Resume Next
Dim oCht As Chart, aFormulaOld As Variant, aFormulaNew As Variant
Dim i As Long, s As Long
Dim oRng As Range, sTmp As String, sBase As String
Set oCht = ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Chart
oCht.Select
For s = 1 To oCht.SeriesCollection.count
sTmp = oCht.SeriesCollection(s).Formula
sBase = Split(sTmp, "(")(0) & "(<FORMULA>)" ' "=SERIES(" & "<FORMULA>)"
sTmp = Split(sTmp, "(")(1) ' "..., ..., ...)"
aFormulaOld = Split(Left(sTmp, Len(sTmp) - 1), ",") ' "..., ..., ..."
aFormulaNew = Array()
ReDim aFormulaNew(UBound(aFormulaOld))
' Process all series in the formula
For i = 0 To UBound(aFormulaOld)
Set oRng = Range(aFormulaOld(i))
' Attempt to put the value into Range, keep the same if it's not valid Range
If Err.Number = 0 Then
Set oRng = oRng.Worksheet.Range(oRng, oRng.Offset(0, 1))
aFormulaNew(i) = oRng.Worksheet.Name & "!" & oRng.Address
Else
aFormulaNew(i) = aFormulaOld(i)
Err.Clear
End If
Next i
sTmp = Replace(sBase, "<FORMULA>", Join(aFormulaNew, ","))
Debug.Print "Series(" & s & ") from """ & oCht.SeriesCollection(s).Formula & """ to """ & sTmp & """"
oCht.SeriesCollection(s).Formula = sTmp
sTmp = ""
Next s
Set oCht = Nothing
End Sub
Sample data - Initial
After first run:
Second Run:
Third Run: