So i have the template layout in the picture attached below. I would like to know how to link the Spin button to able to show month by month when i click on the spin button.
Here is the formula i have so far, everything working fine except for the chart doesn't connect to the spin.
E4 formula : ="Monthly "&E5&" - Audit Sheet Delivery"
data for eat month for LATE row:=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(G3,$A$4:$C$6000,2,FALSE)," ")
Same for On-Time:=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(G3,$A$4:$C$6000,3,FALSE)," ")
Spin button link to cell $E$5
I have created define name for each Month, Late and On-Time and linked it to the chart but it doesn't work.
Please point out what i have to do in this case. Also, please show the code on here due to i am new to this. Thanks
Thanks you all for your help. I did figure out one way to make it work for me. However, i will more than happy to learn new way or a better way to use spin button and scroll button to changing my chart.
Changes data layout table
Using index formula and vlookup (Cell F19, G19,H19) formula included in picture below)
Changes define name formula to pull data from Cell (Cell F19, G19,H19).
Now i can click on my spin button and the chart changing month by month for me.
It is working fine for me. But i love to learn more if anyone can show me a better way to do it. Please include pictures and formula in your answer. It will help me and other easy to follow it. Thanks
How to do anything anything Excel can do, but with VBA code:
Virtually anything you can do manually in Excel (ie, via the ribbons/toolbars) has an equivalent in VBA.
If you are unsure of which VBA method or property to use, you can turn on the macro recorder and manually perform the action. The macro recorder translates your actions into Visual Basic code. After you record your actions, you can modify the code to do exactly what you want.
There are some limitations to recording macros, so if needed, certain actions have to be added after recording, such as conditional branches (eg., IF statements), variables usage loops, error handling, and text selections made with the mouse (however keyboard combinations do record).
Record an action:
For example, if you want to automate the process of saving the file with a new name, but you don't know which property or method to use, you could do this:
On the Developer ribbon, click
Change the default macro name to a name of your choice and click OK to start the recorder.
Hit F12 to open the Save As... dialog and save the file with a new name.
On the Developer ribbon, click
On the Developer ribbon, click Macros.
Select the macro name that you assigned (in Step 2) and click to view the VBA code within.
See the tips & resources at the links below to help get you started with automatizing Excel (and other Office applications) using VBA code.
More information:
Office.com : Assign a macro to a Form or a Control button
MSDN : Getting Started with VBA in Office
MSDN : Recording a Macro to Generate VBA Code)
MSDN : Revising Recorded VBA Macros
homeandlearn.org : Excel VBA For Complete Beginners
Stack Overflow : Overview of Form Controls and ActiveX Controls
Original Post:
How to filter a chart
The ability to filter a chart by month is built-in to Excel. After you create a chart, you can change the data series in two ways:
Use chart filters to show or hide data in your chart, or,
Use the Select Data Source dialog box to edit the data in your series or rearrange them on your chart.
Filter data in your chart
Click anywhere in your chart.
Click the Chart Filters button next to the chart.
On the Values tab, check or uncheck the series or categories you want to show or hide.
Click Apply.
If you want to edit or rearrange the data in your series, click Select Data, and then follow steps 2-4 in the next section.
Once you know how to use the filters, you can record a macro while filtering as required, an use the code for buttons or other controls.
More Information:
Office.com : Change the data series in a chart
MSDN : Recording a Macro to Generate Code
MSDN : Revising Recorded Visual Basic Macros
Steps
This is broadly similar to yours. Below is just meant to show you how to use dynamic named ranges as chart series sources. If you later decide to specify start and end ranges of months, you could use this same model and have the start and end indexes generate the height argument for Offset thus being able to plot ranges (though they would be aggregate).
Using the same data layout as in your answer.
① Add a forms control spin button, assign its linked cell as K3, then put the font to white so it is not visible. Its values run from 1-12 with increment 1.
② I then create two dynamic ranges:
LATE with formula =OFFSET(Sheet1!$G$4,Sheet1!$K$3-1,0,1,1)
OnTime with formula =OFFSET(Sheet1!$H$4,Sheet1!$K$3-1,0,1,1)
You can add these via name manager (Alt+F3)
Name manager:
③ I then insert a bar chart and add two series which use these dynamic named ranges as their source:
The above is for Late and this is repeated for OnTime. Note that the workbook name goes before the reference to the dynamic range.
④ In J2 I enter the chart title text "Monthly - 5 KPI Delivery" and point the chart title at this with = J2 in formula bar whilst chart title is selected on the chart.
⑤ K2 has the formula =INDEX(F4:F15,K3) and is used to retrieve the Month name from the list of months via Index with row argument the linked cell value from the spin button.
I then edit the chart X axis source with formula =Sheet1!$K$2 so the month name appears on the bottom of the chart.
⑥ Finally, any other chart sprucing you like. I chose to group and lock the chart and spin button together so they will move as a unit and to ensure data point values where shown.
Final result:
In action:
I have a Powerpoint file that has been emailed to me. It has a chart with selectable columns and labels, indicating that it's not just an image. When I try to edit the chart in order to extract the data, I get the message "The linked file is not available. To edit the link, click the File tab. Click the info tab, and then under Related Documents, click Edit Links to Files."
If i click Open Source, it says it can't find it. If I click Break Link, it's no longer editable when right clicking the table.
The data must be in there since it's displaying the values. How can I extract the data?
Generally, what you see on screen is a metafile picture of the linked chart or other content. The data behind it is unavailable if the link's broken or missing. You may be able to get what you want by ungrouping the chart (or better, a copy of it). You'll probably need to ungroup a few times, but you should be able to access the text (as individual, unrelated text boxes).
when I open my excel, macro command run automatically and show "welome".But i want to design it little bit.Is there any way i can change its colour size or text box. below my screen shot. [Its not utmost important but I love to know can i animated this text.]
IMAGE LINK
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Are you just calling a standard msgbox in VBA? If so, instead of calling a msgbox, you can create an actual UserForm in Excel VBA. From there, place a label in the "box" and you can format the font in a variety of ways: colors, size, text font, etc.
You cannot do any "fun" animations as far as I know. But you can definitely change the font size and color!
Here is an example (I'm not the most creative person)
You do this under the VBA Project Explorer -> Insert -> Userform. From there you add Labels/Buttons/Whatever objects you would like, and resize the form if you so choose. Then in your module/macro, you call this form instead of using a msgbox.
As far as changing the color and size of the text, Yes, you need to create a UserForm and create the 'Welcome' screen as a custom form instead of using VBA's msgbox.
In VBA, right click on the workbook in the Project Explorer.
Select Insert->UserForm.
Design how you'd like the Welcome screen to display.
In ThisWorkbook's Workbook_Open() sub, put UserForm.Show() to display the custom welcome message when the workbook first opens.
As far as animating said text, Not really. There are some convoluted workarounds using an embedded webbrowser object in order to render a custom animated text javascript file. It is full of 'Potential Risk' notifications for the user and really doesn't look very good. Sorry to burst your bubble :).
I have embedded an image to a chart's datalabel. I want to only keep the image and not the value which appears on top of the image.
However I'm not sure how i can get rid of the value to only show the image?
I thought could've set the font colour to transparent but that's not available. I also played around with the number formatter but had no luck?
I'm using Windows/Excel 2010
Thanks
Clicking on one of the data labels once will select all of them, clicking a second time will select only the one you clicked on. Then just hit the delete button. (You should also be able to edit the font/colour in the Home tab.)
I'm making a a dashboard and I've linked a picture so I can scroll between my various support groups and the charts live update, this works fine. The problem is I'm trying to add a year selection Combo Box so I can show various years. I can't seem to make the Combo Box's link. What I have currently:
What I require:
Is this even possible in Excel?
I'm not sure if you can change the fixed image that I have linked by the first box.