Named Range as Chart Source

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Abdul - 18 Mar 2008 08:45 GMT

Hello!,

I am using a named range (dynamic: with offset and counta, to include
additional rows automatically) as my chart source (Office 2007). But i
noticed that every time I run the chart it changes the source to the
range itself (absolute) and not using the source as named range.

This is not done through vba.

Is there a way that I can use a dynamic named range in a chart (Office
2007)?

Thanks,

Abdul

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Bob Phillips - 18 Mar 2008 10:56 GMT

You cannot use a named range for the whole data source, you have to have
separate named ranges for each series.

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> Hello!,
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> Abdul

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Jon Peltier - 18 Mar 2008 13:35 GMT

Of course, with VBA you could do this. In the Sheet1 code module (assuming
thee chart and the data are on Sheet1):

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
ChartObjects(1).Chart.SetSourceData Source:=Range("MyChartRange")
End Sub

If this fires too frequently (every time a cell is changed), you might try
this:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("MyChartRange")) Is Nothing Then
ChartObjects(1).Chart.SetSourceData Source:=Range("MyChartRange")
End If
End Sub

- Jon
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> You cannot use a named range for the whole data source, you have to have
> separate named ranges for each series.
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>> Abdul

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