Thread: Changing Sheets in chart

I need to be able to change the sheet reference in a chart by selecting a cell that has the sheet name. Each sheets data are in the same cells. I just need to reference different sheets. Example: if the current values are referenced by =Sheet1!$B$3:$B$8 then I need to be able to change Sheet1 to Sheet 2 without changing the other data example: =Sheet2!$B$3:$b$8 or =Sheet5!$B$3:$b$8

Hi,

You can do this via named ranges.
If you changing reference is in cell A1 of sheet1 as text (notice no ='s
sign)

A1: Sheet2!$B$3:$b$8

Add a named range called ChtData
=INDIRECT(Sheet1!$A$1)

Now in the chart change the series data source to reference the named
range, I think =Sheet1!ChtData should work.

Cheers
Andy

DBDEZYNE wrote:
> I need to be able to change the sheet reference in a chart by selecting
> a cell that has the sheet name. Each sheets data are in the same cells.
> I just need to reference different sheets. Example: if the current
> values are referenced by =Sheet1!$B$3:$B$8 then I need to be able to
> change Sheet1 to Sheet 2 without changing the other data example:
> =Sheet2!$B$3:$b$8 or =Sheet5!$B$3:$b$8
>
>

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
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