Auto insert sheetname into chart title?

[Ian R]

Hi

I'm using Excel 2003

I have several charts on a worksheet.

At the end of each month I copy the sheet to become the first worksheet
in the workbook, delete the data and rename the sheet for the following
month.

All my charts have a chart title e.g "Total income for April 2010". The
sheetname is April 2010. When I copy this sheet to become "May 2010" I
then have to manually edit all the chart titles on that sheet.

I wondered if there is a way to reference the sheetname in the chart
title so that when I rename the sheet the chart titles automatically
update.

Thanks for your time.

Ian

 

[Bob Ryan]

Hi

I'm using Excel 2003

I have several charts on a worksheet.

At the end of each month I copy the sheet to become the first worksheet
in the workbook, delete the data and rename the sheet for the following
month.

All my charts have a chart title e.g "Total income for April 2010". The
sheetname is April 2010. When I copy this sheet to become "May 2010" I
then have to manually edit all the chart titles on that sheet.

I wondered if there is a way to reference the sheetname in the chart
title so that when I rename the sheet the chart titles automatically
update.

Thanks for your time.

Ian

I don't think there's a way to reference a sheet name in a chart title,
but you may want to consider using a macro (VBA).

For example, the macro below will put the title "Total Income for April,
2010" in the chart title for Chart 1 and Chart 2 in the sheet named
"April, 2010." Next month, change the sheet name to "May, 2010," use
Edit>Replace to change every occurrence of the word "April" to "May" in
the macro, and run it. If you have charts on more than one sheet, you
can adjust the sheet names as necessary.

Sheets("April, 2010").Select
ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1").Activate
ActiveChart.ChartTitle.Text = "Total Income for April, 2010"
Sheets("April, 2010").Select
ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 2").Activate
ActiveChart.ChartTitle.Text = "Total Income for April, 2010"

Hope this helps.
Bob Ryan

 

[Gord Dibben]

Get the sheetname into a cell in the worksheet using a FORMULA.

e.g. pick G1

In G1 enter this formula exactly as written.

=MID(CELL("Filename",A1),FIND("]",CELL("Filename",A1))+1,255

That returns the sheetname to G1

Then make your chart title a formula ="Total Income for " & G1


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Bob Ryan]

Gord - I learned something new, so thank you. However, i couldn't get
what you described to work. I can make the chart title equal to the cell
containing the sheet name, but I wasn't able to add the text as you
described. Any ideas?

Get the sheetname into a cell in the worksheet using a FORMULA.

e.g. pick G1

In G1 enter this formula exactly as written.

=MID(CELL("Filename",A1),FIND("]",CELL("Filename",A1))+1,255)

That returns the sheetname to G1

Then make your chart title a formula ="Total Income for "& G1


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Hi

I'm using Excel 2003

I have several charts on a worksheet.

At the end of each month I copy the sheet to become the first worksheet
in the workbook, delete the data and rename the sheet for the following
month.

All my charts have a chart title e.g "Total income for April 2010". The
sheetname is April 2010. When I copy this sheet to become "May 2010" I
then have to manually edit all the chart titles on that sheet.

I wondered if there is a way to reference the sheetname in the chart
title so that when I rename the sheet the chart titles automatically
update.

Thanks for your time.

Ian

 

[Don Guillett]

Just amend your cell formula to
="Total Income for " &
MID(CELL("Filename",A1),FIND("]",CELL("Filename",A1))+1,255)

--
Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software
(e-mail address removed)

Gord - I learned something new, so thank you. However, i couldn't get what
you described to work. I can make the chart title equal to the cell
containing the sheet name, but I wasn't able to add the text as you
described. Any ideas?

Get the sheetname into a cell in the worksheet using a FORMULA.

e.g. pick G1

In G1 enter this formula exactly as written.

=MID(CELL("Filename",A1),FIND("]",CELL("Filename",A1))+1,255)

That returns the sheetname to G1

Then make your chart title a formula ="Total Income for "& G1

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Hi

I'm using Excel 2003

I have several charts on a worksheet.

At the end of each month I copy the sheet to become the first worksheet
in the workbook, delete the data and rename the sheet for the following
month.

All my charts have a chart title e.g "Total income for April 2010". The
sheetname is April 2010. When I copy this sheet to become "May 2010" I
then have to manually edit all the chart titles on that sheet.

I wondered if there is a way to reference the sheetname in the chart
title so that when I rename the sheet the chart titles automatically
update.

Thanks for your time.

Ian

 

[Bob Ryan]

Got it, and then realized I can put the text that will never change in
one cell, the sheet name formula in another cell and either use the
concatenate function or "&" to combine the two, which would then feed
the chart title. Thank you.
Bob