ShowSeriesName Property

Allows the user to show the series name for the data labels on a chart. Read/write Boolean.

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.

Example

This example enables the series name to be shown for the data labels of the first series on the first chart.

Sub UseSeriesName()

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

End Sub