I wanted to ask how it is possible to pattern graphs on the same sheet in excel. I am aware already that one can pattern the same graph with all its formulas by copying the whole sheet.
However I am looking for the pattern-action inside the same sheet, as it would result as very useful for me.
That means that I do once the whole work, along some given rows, which includes some graphs.
This whole content shall then be repeatedly copied down the columns, with the condition that the new graphs are locked on to the new destinations... Not the old ones.
Thanks for all input.
The series formulas for a chart contain absolute references and they cannot be changed to relative references. That means that when a chart is copied and pasted into the same worksheet, it will still refer to the original data range. The exception, as you noted, is copying the whole sheet, which will lead to the references being adjusted to the new sheet name.
When you copy a chart and paste it into the same sheet, then you need to adjust the references, either manually or with VBA.
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I have table-like data, and I'm looking to make a chart that displays that data. Since the data is that formula-generated from other data in the workbook, I don't know in advance how many lines it will have. I want to make a chart that adapts to this data.
Up to this part of the question, I could use named ranges to solve this.
The thing with the solution with named ranges is that it does not scale well when I have many of these charts. I have a Python script that generates CSV files that I import into my workbook as a sheet, and I don't want to have to know in advance how many of them there will be, or what they will be named. I only want to be able to import the CSV files into a new or existing sheet, and copy-paste the formulas from another working sheet, as well as be able to replace the existing CSV data with new data.
With named ranges, I would have to manually create a named range for each series of each sheet, and I would have to use the sheet's name so that the named range can be visible to the whole workbook (in order to analyze the data in a global sheet) without any name conflict. This is (more or less) acceptable when I do these steps myself now, but if I want to redo this in a few months, or if I pass my workbook to someone else, we wouldn't know why it's not working with a new sheet.
So is there any way to get this done without delving into VBA stuff? I'm using a recent version of Excel.
Per the comments, try using pivot tables, making your range extend far beyond expected results and filtering out "blanks" in your pivot and generate your chart from that. The default pivot chart is ugly but you can remove buttons and format as needed. Just remember to refresh your pivot during every update period.
I have one excel file in which I have multiple sheets with financial statements from different companies (called Databas.xlsx). The structures of these sheets are identical. Then I have another excel file that I wish to use to analyse these financial statements using charts. Thus, I must get data from the different sheets into my analysis file. Doing this from one sheet is no problem, as I can simply create a chart and mark the data I need from this sheet, so that the chart data range would be something like this:
=[Databas.xlsx]Kopparbergs!$C$3:$K$3
where "Kopparbergs" is the sheet name in Databas.xlsx. The problem I am facing is that I want to be able to change the sheet name that is put into this formula by writing the name in a cell (because that would enable me to change multiple charts at once). So just to clarify, in the formula written above, I want to be able to change the word "Kopparbergs" by writing text in a cell. If that is not possible, how would I accomplish this? That is, how do you create a chart that can change its content depending on a text in a cell that corresponds to a sheet?
So rather than using Indirect I think you need to use two named ranges for referencing when using a Chart.
This previous answer looks like a good guide to implement (not sure about etiquette of just copy & pasting previous answers so I'll just provide the link):
Dynamic chart range using INDIRECT: That function is not valid (despite range highlighted)
-- Edit: this is now part of the bigger question of how to reliably move sheets about --
I've got a workbook which has sheets containing tables and sheet-scoped named ranges. Some of these sheets' formulas link to some of the names on other sheets (i.e. =Sheet1!Sheet1LocalName somewhere on Sheet2).
The time has come for me to create VBA code that moves these sheets into another workbook. Doing so, I of want all existing functionality to remain intact.
When looping over all sheets individually and Worksheet.Move -ing them one at a time to the other workbook, the range name links between the formulas get broken. E.g. when Sheet2 uses a name on Sheet1 in one of it's formulas:
Move over Sheet2;
Sheet2 will still correctly link to Sheet1 back in the source workbook.
Move over Sheet1 itself;
Excel 'helpfully' creates a workbook-scoped name of the same name for me as the name Sheet2 linked to (even if it didn't exist before), where
this new name does point back to the already moved sheet in the destination workbook, after which
the already moved Sheet2's links get modified to point to this new workbook-scope name in the source workbook, thus
messing up the link beyond repair.
Even if I could overcome this by analyzing the formulas beforehand to scan all sheet dependencies, since sheets may have links going both ways between them, it seems I can't do it this way.
When moving all sheets in one go using ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(Array(name1, name2)).Move, I get the Excel error "You cannot copy or move a group of sheets that contain a table".
So it seems I'm sorely out of luck here... There's of course the options of:
moving the sheets individually and rebuilding all formulas afterwards, and
replacing all tables with ranges and rebuilding all tables afterwards
but I'd understandably do not want to go there, since I do not control what goes on the sheets...
Any alternatives?
-- Edit --
The true purpose of this question is that I need to move the sheets over to a temp .xlsx workbook, save/close/re-open that workbook, and then move them back again to the original .xlsm workbook, thus scrubbing them off of their VBA module. See my other SO post for the background, though when I wrote that question I envisioned only needing to scrub the 1 topmost sheet in the ranged-name linking hierarchy, but it turns out I need to do it for all sheets to be safe enough.
After a lot of trial-and-error I found out that moving or copying all sheets in one go just isn't doable because of the tables on them, and handling them one at a time really messes up formulas and named ranges linking them together (even .Copy has similar unwanted side effects to using .Move). While I could in turn write code to 'fix' these broken names or delete these 'helpfully added' rogue names, I wouldn't be surprised if other range linking mechanisms (like chart source, pivot source, data validation list source, form control linked cells, etc.) also acted up badly, making this an even bigger mess to deal with...
So I have about 50 columns worth of formulas to paste over onto new workbooks on a regular basis. Pasting them one by one works, meaning all references are identically positioned when I paste them across.
However, if I try to paste more than 1 column formula at a time, I get:
The range you are pasting from contains formulas that cannot be pasted into this instance of Excel.
I tried this and a couple other links, any idea if this can be done without VBA?
If not, any idea how to write this in VBA? tyvm
What if you simply copy the workbook and paste the new data in the place of the old data? Not the most technical answer, but it should do the trick?
I have a workbook with two sheets. The first is full of data and calculations, the second is mostly cells with references to the first sheet. The second sheet also concatenates strings, and references to cells in the sheet, to form SQL commands used elsewhere.
There is also a second workbook (soon to be more). It has a sheet identical to the first sheet of the other workbook, except with different data. The problem I'm having is that the new workbook needs a sheet similar to the second of the original workbook (sorry if this is sounding confusing). I would like to simply duplicate the sheet and its formulas, which I tried using the 'move or copy...' option. Unfortunately, the formulas in the cells reference the first sheet from the old workbook, like this: =[foobar.xlsx]data!A1. Way too much data to remove them by hand. I can't just redo the formulas because I had to remove a lot of specific lines from the second sheet, so dragging the formula would not match up correctly. I'm currently trying to hack this together with REPLACE but if anyone can offer help it would be greatly appreciated.
CLARIFICATION:
When I copy the sheet, a formula will appear as =[foobar.xlsx]data!A1. I want it to just be data!A1.
Thanks :)
I hope this answers your problem, but I am a little unclear on your need!!!
Highlight all cells in the worksheet.
Perform a replace to replace = with say '=
This stops the formulas "being formulas"
Copy the sheet.
Perform another replace on the new sheet to replace '= with =
This converts back to formulas, referring to cells in your new workbook.