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Create bubble chart in Excel 2010
Public Sub CreateBubbleChart()
''' Reference : Tom Hollander, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tomholl/archive/2011/03/28/creating-multi-series-bubble-charts-in-excel.aspx
If (Selection.Columns.Count <> 4 Or Selection.Rows.Count < 3) Then
MsgBox "Selection must have 4 columns and at least 2 rows"
Exit Sub
End If
Dim bubbleChart As ChartObject
Set bubbleChart = ActiveSheet.ChartObjects.Add(Left:=Selection.Left, Width:=600, Top:=Selection.Top, Height:=400)
bubbleChart.Chart.ChartType = xlBubble
Dim r As Integer
For r = 2 To Selection.Rows.Count
With bubbleChart.Chart.SeriesCollection.NewSeries
.Name = "=" & Selection.Cells(r, 1).Address(External:=True)
.XValues = Selection.Cells(r, 2).Address(External:=True)
.Values = Selection.Cells(r, 3).Address(External:=True)
.BubbleSizes = Selection.Cells(r, 4).Address(External:=True)
End With
Next
bubbleChart.Chart.SetElement (msoElementPrimaryCategoryAxisTitleAdjacentToAxis)
bubbleChart.Chart.Axes(xlCategory, xlPrimary).AxisTitle.Text = "=" & Selection.Cells(1, 2).Address(External:=True)
bubbleChart.Chart.SetElement (msoElementPrimaryValueAxisTitleRotated)
bubbleChart.Chart.Axes(xlValue, xlPrimary).AxisTitle.Text = "=" & Selection.Cells(1, 3).Address(External:=True)
bubbleChart.Chart.SetElement (msoElementPrimaryCategoryGridLinesMajor)
bubbleChart.Chart.Axes(xlCategory).MinimumScale = 0
End Sub
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