I am struggling to format a Pivotchart
& add data to the chart using VBA. I have setup the code to create the pivot chart which is working fine and I can manually format & add data but whenever I try and mimic the macro recorder or anything I have read online it seems to fail stated 'Application-defined or object defined error.'
I have tried to change the code to change objChart
to ActiveChart
trying to mimic what I done when using the macro recorder but this still fails. I tried the recorder after my initial attempts failed.
I have also failed to have the ChartTitle.Add
work so I can amend the title that is visible (Currently nothing shows as a title).
ActionTracker.PivotCaches.Create(SourceType:=xlDatabase, SourceData:= _
Actions, Version:=6).CreatePivotTable _
TableDestination:=CtyDrng, TableName:="Country Overview", _
DefaultVersion:=6
Dim pt As PivotTable
Dim PtRange As Range
Dim ChrtRange As Range
Dim objChart As Chart
Dim chtSeries As SeriesCollection
Set pt = CountryDash.PivotTables("Country Overview")
Set PtRange = pt.TableRange1
With PtRange
Set ChrtRange = .Offset(, 1).Resize(1, .Columns.Count - 1)
Set ChrtRange = Union(ChrtRange, .Offset(.Rows.Count - 1, 1).Resize(1, .Columns.Count - 1))
End With
Set objChart = CountryDash.Shapes.AddChart.Chart
With objChart
.SetSourceData ChrtRange
.ChartType = xlBarStacked100
.ShowAllFieldButtons = True
' .ChartTitle.Add
'.ChartTitle.Select
' .ChartTitle.Text = "Country Overview"
End With
With objChart.PivotLayout.PivotTable.PivotFields("Country")
.Orientation = xlRowField
.Position = 1
End With
With objChart.PivotLayout.PivotTable.PivotFields("Region")
.Orientation = xlRowField
.Position = 2
End With
With objChart.PivotLayout.PivotTable.PivotFields("Overdue")
.Orientation = xlRowField
.Position = 3
End With
objChart.PivotLayout.PivotTable.AddDataField objChart.PivotLayout. _
PivotTable.PivotFields("Overdue"), "Overdue", xlCount
I'm expecting the code to create a pivot chart by country then region showing the overdue actions with 3 different categories 'Implemented', 'In Progress' & 'Overdue'.
Pardon if this doesn't fit perfectly, but I haven't attempted to use the adddatafield
, which I assume is causing an issue since you're adding to a chart, not the pivot cache.
You can avoid that by associating with a pivotfield which is already available in the pivotcache (called by header):
With pivotsheet.PivotTables("CHART_NAME")
'Insert Row Fields
With .PivotFields("Country")
.Orientation = xlRowField
End With
'Insert Data Field
With .PivotFields("Overdue")
.Orientation = xlDataField
.Function = xlCount
.NumberFormat = "#,##0"
.Name = "Number Overdue"
End With
End With
To your point of adding a name to the pivottable, think about how you're generating... don't just append things, action as they occur such that:
'Define Pivot Cache
lrs = source.Cells(source.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
Set pc = ActiveWorkbook.PivotCaches.Create(SourceType:=xlDatabase, SourceData:="SOURCE_SHEET!A1:B" & lrsource)
'Insert Blank Pivot Table
Set pt = pc.CreatePivotTable(TableDestination:=pivotsheet.Cells(1, 1), TableName:="CHART_NAME")
After you've added the pivot table start adding the page fields, the column fields, the rows, and data fields.