ChartWizard Method
Modifies the properties of the given chart.You can use this method to quickly format a chart without setting all the individual properties. This method is non-interactive, and it changes only the specified properties.
expression.ChartWizard(Source, Gallery, Format, PlotBy, CategoryLabels, SeriesLabels, HasLegend, Title, CategoryTitle, ValueTitle, ExtraTitle)
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.
Source Optional Variant. The range that contains the source data for the new chart. If this argument is omitted, Microsoft Excel edits the active chart sheet or the selected chart on the active worksheet.
Gallery Optional XlChartType. The chart type.
| XlChartType can be one of these XlChartType constants. |
| xlArea |
| xlBar |
| xlColumn
xlLine xlPie xlRadar xlXYScatter xlCombination xl3DArea xl3DBar xl3DColumn xl3DLine xl3DPie xl3DSurface xlDoughnut xlDefaultAutoFormat |
Format Optional Variant. The option number for the built-in autoformats. Can be a number from 1 through 10, depending on the gallery type. If this argument is omitted, Microsoft Excel chooses a default value based on the gallery type and data source.
PlotBy Optional Variant. Specifies whether the data for each series is in rows or columns. Can be one of the following XlRowCol constants: xlRows or xlColumns.
CategoryLabels Optional Variant. An integer specifying the number of rows or columns within the source range that contain category labels. Legal values are from 0 (zero) through one less than the maximum number of the corresponding categories or series.
SeriesLabels Optional Variant. An integer specifying the number of rows or columns within the source range that contain series labels. Legal values are from 0 (zero) through one less than the maximum number of the corresponding categories or series.
HasLegend Optional Variant. True to include a legend.
Title Optional Variant. The chart title text.
CategoryTitle Optional Variant. The category axis title text.
ValueTitle Optional Variant. . The value axis title text
ExtraTitle Optional Variant. The series axis title for 3-D charts or the second value axis title for 2-D charts.
Remarks
If Source is omitted and either the selection isn't an embedded chart on the active worksheet or the active sheet isn't an existing chart, this method fails and an error occurs.
Example
This example reformats Chart1 as a line chart, adds a legend, and adds category and value axis titles.
Charts("Chart1").ChartWizard _
Gallery:=xlLine, _
HasLegend:=True, CategoryTitle:="Year", ValueTitle:="Sales"