Tring to declare a Pivot Chart Variable

Kurt

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In the following code I am trying to declare a Chart variable named myChart.

Do I need to declare a Dim Statement at the top of the sub routine or d I need to do something else?

VBA Code:
Sub Create_Pivot_Chart_Month_And_Names_3()
'
    Sheets("2").Select
    Range("Table9[#All]").Select
    Selection.Copy
    Sheets("5b").Select
    ActiveSheet.Paste
    Application.CutCopyMode = False
    ActiveWorkbook.PivotCaches.Create(SourceType:=xlDatabase, SourceData:= _
        "Table9", Version:=6).CreatePivotTable TableDestination:="5b!R1C6", _
        TableName:="myPivotTable", DefaultVersion:=6
    Sheets("5b").Select
    Cells(1, 6).Select
    With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("myPivotTable")
        .ColumnGrand = True
        .HasAutoFormat = True
        .DisplayErrorString = False
        .DisplayNullString = True
        .EnableDrilldown = True
        .ErrorString = ""
        .MergeLabels = False
        .NullString = ""
        .PageFieldOrder = 2
        .PageFieldWrapCount = 0
        .PreserveFormatting = True
        .RowGrand = True
        .SaveData = True
        .PrintTitles = False
        .RepeatItemsOnEachPrintedPage = True
        .TotalsAnnotation = False
        .CompactRowIndent = 1
        .InGridDropZones = False
        .DisplayFieldCaptions = True
        .DisplayMemberPropertyTooltips = False
        .DisplayContextTooltips = True
        .ShowDrillIndicators = True
        .PrintDrillIndicators = False
        .AllowMultipleFilters = False
        .SortUsingCustomLists = True
        .FieldListSortAscending = False
        .ShowValuesRow = False
        .CalculatedMembersInFilters = False
        .RowAxisLayout xlCompactRow
    End With
    With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("myPivotTable").PivotCache
        .RefreshOnFileOpen = False
        .MissingItemsLimit = xlMissingItemsDefault
    End With
    ActiveSheet.PivotTables("myPivotTable").RepeatAllLabels xlRepeatLabels
    ActiveWorkbook.ShowPivotTableFieldList = True
    With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("myPivotTable").PivotFields("Name")
        .Orientation = xlRowField
        .Position = 1
    End With
    With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("myPivotTable").PivotFields("DOB")
        .Orientation = xlRowField
        .Position = 2
    End With
    ActiveSheet.PivotTables("myPivotTable").PivotFields("DOB").AutoGroup
    ActiveSheet.PivotTables("myPivotTable").PivotFields("Years").Orientation = _
        xlHidden
    ActiveSheet.PivotTables("myPivotTable").PivotFields("Quarters").Orientation = _
        xlHidden
    ActiveSheet.PivotTables("myPivotTable").AddDataField ActiveSheet.PivotTables( _
        "myPivotTable").PivotFields("DOB"), "Count of DOB", xlCount
    Range("F2").Select
    ActiveSheet.PivotTables("myPivotTable").PivotFields("Name").PivotFilters.Add2 _
        Type:=xlValueIsGreaterThanOrEqualTo, DataField:=ActiveSheet.PivotTables( _
        "myPivotTable").PivotFields("Count of DOB"), Value1:=2
    Range("F3").Select
    ActiveSheet.PivotTables("myPivotTable").PivotFields("DOB").PivotFilters.Add2 _
        Type:=xlValueIsGreaterThanOrEqualTo, DataField:=ActiveSheet.PivotTables( _
        "myPivotTable").PivotFields("Count of DOB"), Value1:=2
    ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddChart2(251, xlPie).Select
    ActiveChart.SetSourceData Source:=Range("'5b'!$F$1:$G$12")
    ActiveWorkbook.ShowPivotTableFieldList = False
    'ActiveSheet.Shapes("Chart 7").IncrementLeft 372.75
    ActiveSheet.Shapes("myChart").IncrementLeft 372.75
    'ActiveSheet.Shapes("Chart 7").IncrementTop -54.75
    ActiveSheet.Shapes("myChart").IncrementTop -54.75
    ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection(1).Select
    ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection(1).ApplyDataLabels
    ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection(1).DataLabels.Select
    Selection.ShowPercentage = True
    Selection.ShowCategoryName = True
    Application.CommandBars("Format Object").Visible = False
    ActiveChart.ChartArea.Select
    ActiveChart.ChartTitle.Select
    Application.CommandBars("Format Object").Visible = False
    Selection.Format.TextFrame2.TextRange.Font.Bold = msoTrue
    ActiveChart.ChartTitle.Text = "Names Occuring More Than Once" & Chr(13) & "In The Same Month"
    Selection.Format.TextFrame2.TextRange.Characters.Text = _
        "Names Occuring More Than Once" & Chr(13) & "In The Same Month"
    With Selection.Format.TextFrame2.TextRange.Characters(1, 30).ParagraphFormat
        .TextDirection = msoTextDirectionLeftToRight
        .Alignment = msoAlignCenter
    End With
    With Selection.Format.TextFrame2.TextRange.Characters(1, 5).Font
        .BaselineOffset = 0
        .Bold = msoFalse
        .NameComplexScript = "+mn-cs"
        .NameFarEast = "+mn-ea"
        .Fill.Visible = msoTrue
        .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(89, 89, 89)
        .Fill.Transparency = 0
        .Fill.Solid
        .Size = 14
        .Italic = msoFalse
        .Kerning = 12
        .Name = "+mn-lt"
        .UnderlineStyle = msoNoUnderline
        .Spacing = 0
        .Strike = msoNoStrike
    End With
    With Selection.Format.TextFrame2.TextRange.Characters(6, 25).Font
        .BaselineOffset = 0
        .Bold = msoFalse
        .NameComplexScript = "+mn-cs"
        .NameFarEast = "+mn-ea"
        .Fill.Visible = msoTrue
        .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(89, 89, 89)
        .Fill.Transparency = 0
        .Fill.Solid
        .Size = 14
        .Italic = msoFalse
        .Kerning = 12
        .Name = "+mn-lt"
        .UnderlineStyle = msoNoUnderline
        .Spacing = 0
        .Strike = msoNoStrike
    End With
    With Selection.Format.TextFrame2.TextRange.Characters(31, 17).ParagraphFormat
        .TextDirection = msoTextDirectionLeftToRight
        .Alignment = msoAlignCenter
    End With
    With Selection.Format.TextFrame2.TextRange.Characters(31, 17).Font
        .BaselineOffset = 0
        .Bold = msoFalse
        .NameComplexScript = "+mn-cs"
        .NameFarEast = "+mn-ea"
        .Fill.Visible = msoTrue
        .Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(89, 89, 89)
        .Fill.Transparency = 0
        .Fill.Solid
        .Size = 14
        .Italic = msoFalse
        .Kerning = 12
        .Name = "+mn-lt"
        .UnderlineStyle = msoNoUnderline
        .Spacing = 0
        .Strike = msoNoStrike
    End With
    ActiveChart.ChartArea.Select
    Range("E1").Select
End Sub

The code works perfectly until it reaches this line:

ActiveSheet.Shapes("myChart").IncrementLeft 372.75

It starts to create the chart and then stops.
 

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Can you post sample data showing how Table 9 looks like? I would like to run the entire code.
 
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Hello Worf,

Thank you for your reply.

I will just paste the data directly here:

NameDOB
Adella
12/18/1955​
Allen
8/26/1963​
Anne
10/29/1947​
Beverly
1/2/1971​
Bonnie
12/28/1961​
Brian
10/16/1979​
Carol
4/2/1971​
Christopher
11/9/1966​
Coral
11/11/1961​
Daryl
8/28/1937​
David
10/28/1956​
David
5/18/1962​
David
8/2/1962​
Deborah
7/2/1956​
Dolores
3/6/1970​
Donna
2/10/1962​
Donna
3/21/1972​
Edward
4/9/1963​
Eleanor
9/7/1958​
Eva
8/23/1972​
Frank
5/2/1945​
Fred
1/3/1960​
George
1/24/1964​
Harry
10/28/1931​
James
3/24/1939​
James
2/7/1944​
Jennifer
7/29/1958​
Jennifer
6/11/1971​
Jill
7/27/1960​
Joanne
5/24/1953​
Jody
2/2/1954​
John
2/22/1933​
John
10/7/1965​
John
4/25/1972​
Judy
6/7/1954​
Julia
10/15/1969​
Kathleen
7/8/1942​
Kathleen
7/7/1970​
Kathy
12/31/1935​
Kiley
1/29/1969​
Larry
5/4/1952​
Larry
5/13/1956​
Lewis
5/26/1966​
Lewis "Jay"
9/15/1964​
Linda
10/11/1960​
Lisa
6/11/1947​
Margaret
8/16/2004​
Marilyn
7/30/1954​
Mary
10/24/1945​
Mary
12/29/1963​
Matthew
6/25/1949​
Melvin
4/15/1933​
Nicole
12/17/1962​
Patricia
10/30/1956​
Patricia
10/30/1978​
Patty
2/18/1958​
Paul
9/6/1956​
Paul
10/19/1960​
Raymond
4/23/1950​
Richard
3/21/1944​
Richard
7/9/1955​
Richard
8/12/1961​
Richard
8/23/1965​
Robert
2/27/1951​
Robert
10/24/1962​
Roy "Bud"
12/1/1944​
Shawn
3/5/1958​
Sonja
10/6/1951​
Susan
12/13/1948​
Susan
3/28/1954​
Theodore
5/16/1953​
Theodore
9/16/1974​
Thomas
12/15/1959​
William
9/12/1960​
William
9/16/1960​
 
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I apologize in advance I didn't know it would paste the columns that wide, but that is the data.

This data would be copied and then used in the pivot table.
 
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VBA Code:
Dim chvar As Chart ' this is a variable

ActiveSheet.Shapes("my Chart").IncrementLeft 372.75


I am going offline now but will return tomorrow. Note that the second code line above is referring to a chart named my Chart, the first line declares a variable.
 
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How about years and quarters mentioned in the code, are they members of the source table?
 
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Code:
Dim myChart as Chart
Set myChart = ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddChart2(251, xlPie).Chart

you can then use myChart instead of ActiveChart. Where you are trying to adjust the containing shape, use myChart.Parent
 
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