Visual Basic Macro to Break Chart Links (124232)

SUMMARY

Although charts in Microsoft Excel are, by default, linked to the range of cells on the worksheets that they were created from, these links can be broken by converting the cell references in the SERIES formula for the chart to values. This article contains a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that you can use to do this.

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A Microsoft Excel chart sheet is active. -or-
A chart embedded on a worksheet is selected by clicking it. -or-
A chart embedded on a worksheet is activated by double-clicking (versions 5.0 and 7.0).

Visual Basic Code Example

   Sub BreakChartLinks()

   For Each x In ActiveChart.SeriesCollection
      x.Values = x.Values
      x.XValues = x.XValues
      x.Name = x.Name
   Next x

   End Sub

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Excel User's Guide," version 5.0, Chapter 15, page 269, "Activating an Embedded Chart"

For more information about the Values property, click the Search button in Visual Basic Programming Help and type:

Values

For additional information about how to automate removal of links in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

188449 XL97: Delete Links Wizard Available

For additional information about to how to break links, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

214139 XL2000: How to Break Links Between a Chart and a Worksheet