Chart.SeriesNameLevel property (Excel)
Returns an XlSeriesNameLevel constant referring to the level of where the series names are being sourced from. Read/write Integer.
Syntax
expression.SeriesNameLevel
expression A variable that represents a Chart object.
Remarks
If there is a hierarchy, 0 refers to the parent level, 1 refers to its children, and so on. So, 0 equals the first level, 1 equals the second level, 2 equals the third level, and so on.
Property value
XLSERIESNAMELEVEL
Example
The following sample code uses the SeriesNameLevel property to set the chart series names from previously created columns.
Sheets(1).Range("C1:E1").Value2 = "Sample_Row1"
Sheets(1).Range("C2:E2").Value2 = "Sample_Row2"
Sheets(1).Range("A3:A5").Value2 = "Sample_ColA"
Sheets(1).Range("B3:B5").Value2 = "Sample_ColB"
Sheets(1).Range("C3:E5").Formula = "=row()"
Dim crt As Chart
Set crt = Sheets(1).ChartObjects.Add(0, 0, 500, 200).Chart
crt.SetSourceData Sheets(1).Range("A1:E5")
' Set the series names to only use column B
crt.SeriesNameLevel = 1
' Use columns A and B for the series names
crt.SeriesNameLevel = xlSeriesNameLevelAll
' Use row 1 for the category labels
crt.CategoryLabelLevel = 0
' Use rows 1 and 2 for the category labels
crt.CategoryLabelLevel = xlCategoryLabelLevelAll
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