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Get Values from a Chart
This macro will pull the values from a chart in excel and list those values on another spreadsheet. This will get the source data from charts and graphs and list this data separately. This is an espcially important feature if you only have a chart but not the source data or if the source data was damaged but you still need it separate from the chart. This macro will work for source data that has been linked to or has been lost or simply resides on an external worksheet or workbook.
IMPORTANT
Create a new sheet titled ChartData (this is where the chart data will be placed)
To run the macro simply select the chart from which you want to pull data, either an embedded chart or a chart on its own tab, and then run the macro and the source data will be placed in the "ChartData" worksheet.
Where to install the macro: Module
Get Source Data from a Chart
Sub GetChartValues()
'This macro will retrieve the source data from a chart in excel
'This works for charts where the source data has been lost or
'damaged.
'Simply select the chart and run the macro - make sure to create a
'separate worksheet titled "ChartData" first though.
'
Dim NumberOfRows As Integer
Dim X As Object
Counter = 2
NumberOfRows = UBound(ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Values)
Worksheets("ChartData").Cells(1, 1) = "X Values"
With Worksheets("ChartData")
.Range(.Cells(2, 1), _
.Cells(NumberOfRows + 1, 1)) = _
Application.Transpose(ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).XValues)
End With
For Each X In ActiveChart.SeriesCollection
Worksheets("ChartData").Cells(1, Counter) = X.Name
With Worksheets("ChartData")
.Range(.Cells(2, Counter), _
.Cells(NumberOfRows + 1, Counter)) = _
Application.Transpose(X.Values)
End With
Counter = Counter + 1
Next
End Sub
How to Install the Macro
- Select and copy the text from within the grey box above.
- Open the Microsoft Excel file in which you would like the Macro to function.
- Press "Alt + F11" - This will open the Visual Basic Editor - Works for all Excel Versions.
Or For other ways to get there, Click Here.
For Excel Versions Prior to Excel 2007
Go to Tools > Macros > Visual Basic Editor
For Excel 2007
Go to Office Button > Excel Options > Popular > Click Show Developer tab in the Ribbon. Then go to the Developer tab on the ribbon menu and on the far left Click Visual Basic
- On the new window that opens up, go to the left side where the vertical pane is located. Locate your Excel file; it will be called VBAProject (YOUR FILE'S NAME HERE) and click this.
- If the Macro goes in a Module, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
- Go to the menu at the top of the window and click Insert > Module
- Another window should have opened within the Visual Basic Editor's window. Within this new window, paste the macro code. Make sure to paste the code underneath the last line of anything else that is in the window.
- Go to Step 8.
- If the Macro goes in the Workbook or ThisWorkbook, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
- Directly underneath your excel file called VBAProject(your file's name here), click the Microsoft Excel Objects folder icon to open that drop-down list.
- Then, at the bottom of the list that appears, double-click the ThisWorkbook text.
- A new window inside the Visual Basic Editor's window will appear. In this new window, paste the code for the macro. Make sure to paste this code underneath the last line of any other code which is already in the window.
- Go to Step 8.
- If the Macro goes in the Worksheet Code, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
- Directly underneath your excel file called VBAProject(your file's name here), click the Microsoft Excel Objects folder icon to open that drop-down list.
- Within the list that appears you will see every worksheet that is in that excel file. They will be listed as such: Sheet1(NAME OF SHEET HERE) and under that will be Sheet2(NAME OF SHEET HERE). Select the sheet in which you want the macro to run and double-click that sheet.
- A new window inside the Visual Basic Editor's window will appear. In this new window, paste the code for the macro. Make sure to paste this code underneath the last line of any other code which is already in the window.
- Repeat steps b and c for every sheet you want the macro to work in. Putting the macro in one sheet will not enable it for any other sheets in the workbook.
- Go to Step 8.
- Close the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor window and save the Excel file. When you close the Visual Basic Editor window, the regular Excel window will not close.
- You are now ready to run the macro.
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