Showing posts with label Custom DataLabels in Chart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Custom DataLabels in Chart. Show all posts

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Add Custom DataLabels in Chart

If you want to add your own datalabels to series in the chart .Try this macro





Sub custom_chart_labels()
Dim cht As Chart
Dim i As Long
Dim srs As Series
Dim lbl As String

'change the chart name here
Set cht = Sheets("Sheet1").ChartObjects("Chart 1").Chart
Set srs = cht.SeriesCollection(1)

For i = 1 To srs.Points.Count
' change the llokup column if required
lbl = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("c" & Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(srs.XValues(i), Sheets("Sheet1").Range("a:a"), 0))
    With srs.Points(i)
        .HasDataLabel = True
        ' add custom data labels
        With .DataLabel
            .Text = lbl
            .Position = xlLabelPositionOutsideEnd
            .Font.Bold = True
            .Font.Italic = True
            .Font.Size = 8
            .Font.Color = RGB(255, 255, 255)
            .Orientation = xlHorizontal
            .Format.Fill.BackColor.RGB = RGB(255, 0, 0)
            .Format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 0, 0)
        End With
    End With
    
Next

End Sub


Import data from SQL

Macro to import data from SQL using ADO connection string: Sub Import_data_from_SQL() ' Tools -> References -> Microsoft Active...