some clarification of the chart object model

[TomCon]

If i add a series to a chart, this is recorded.
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection.NewSeries
ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection(2).Name = "=""foo"""
ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection(2).XValues = "=goal!$S$1116:$S$1124"
ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection(2).Values = "=goal!$T$1116:$T$1125"

Right after doing that, if i go to the immediate window and try to query what those properties are, i get errors.
First this proves that my focus, etc is correct.
?activechart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").Name
foo

But, both of these just give "Type mismatch"
?activechart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").XValues
?activechart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").Values

have tried some variations as well (just "SeriesCollection" or just "Series") but i cannot find a way to get returned to me the property values for the series for properties "Values" and "XValues".

So, how can i write code to query the existing object properties and return to me the XValues and Values property for a series?

Thank you!

 

[Domenic]

?activechart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").XValues

The above returns an array of values, which can be confirmed with the following....

? typename(activechart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").xvalues)

To return the first value from the array...

? activechart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").xvalues()(1)

To loop through each item in the array...

    Dim xval As Variant
    For Each xval In ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").XValues
        Debug.Print xval
    Next

or

    Dim arr() As Variant
    arr() = ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").XValues
    
    Dim arrayIndex As Long
    For arrayIndex = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
        Debug.Print arr(arrayIndex)
    Next arrayIndex

And the same thing applies to ?activechart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").Values.

Hope this helps!

 

[TomCon]

The above returns an array of values, which can be confirmed with the following....

? typename(activechart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").xvalues)

To return the first value from the array...

? activechart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").xvalues()(1)

To loop through each item in the array...

    Dim xval As Variant
    For Each xval In ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").XValues
        Debug.Print xval
    Next

or

    Dim arr() As Variant
    arr() = ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").XValues
   
    Dim arrayIndex As Long
    For arrayIndex = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
        Debug.Print arr(arrayIndex)
    Next arrayIndex

And the same thing applies to ?activechart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").Values.

Hope this helps!

Thanks very very much this does explain what is going on.

But my underlying problem remains. Using your loop above, what the array contains is the actual XValues, i.e. numbers, like 0.77058259157597, 5.20855964923763E-02, etc.

It appears to me that for setting the Xvalues property takes a text string that represents a sheet range, but for return, it converts that to an array of values. So, where in the object model is that sheet range stored?

What i am trying to get out of that already existing series is what sheet range the series is getting its data from. When i set the XValues property, i set it to "=goal!$S$1116:$S$1124". So, how can i query some property out of that chart that will tell me "For series foo, the X Values are coming from goal!$S$1116:$S$1124"?

By the way i have tried many many properties of Series, SeriesCollection, and FullSeriesCollection, and cannot find a place that will return that information.

Thanks much if you have any idea about this!

 

[Domenic]

In that case, use the Formula property of the Series object...

? activechart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").formula

This will return something like this...

=SERIES(,Sheet3!$A$2:$A$5,Sheet3!$B$2:$B$5,1)

...which you'll need to parse in order to get what you want.

 

[TomCon]

In that case, use the Formula property of the Series object...

? activechart.FullSeriesCollection("foo").formula

This will return something like this...

=SERIES(,Sheet3!$A$2:$A$5,Sheet3!$B$2:$B$5,1)

...which you'll need to parse in order to get what you want.

Yes...thank you very much. I thought i had tried every "reasonable" combination....but i must not have tried that, as it does do what i need. I appreciate your replies very much!

 

[Domenic]

You're very welcome, I'm glad I could help.

Cheers!