ShowPercentage Property

Microsoft Excel Visual Basic

expression.ShowPercentage

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Remarks

The chart must first be active before you can access the data labels programmatically or a run-time error will occur.

Example

This example enables the percentage value to be shown for the data labels of the first series on the first chart. This example assumes a chart exists on the active worksheet.

Sub UsePercentage()

    ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Activate
    ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1) _
        .DataLabels.ShowPercentage = True

End Sub