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From: Revolvr on 15 Mar 2010 14:26
I have a workbook with a tab that has charts and data. Because the
number of data points can vary month to month, I have set up the chart
to reference named ranges. The named ranges are columns that vary in
length, defined by language like this:

"yvals"=OFFSET('MainSheet'!$B$2,0,0,COUNTIF('MainSheet'!$B$2:$B
$20,">0"),1)

"xvals"=OFFSET('MainSheet'!$A$2,0,0,COUNTA('MainSheet'!$A$2:$A$20),1)

The X and Y series use the named ranges. If I add or remove data the
chart range automatically changes accordingly. These named ranges have
a scope that is only within the sheet, not a workbook scope.

What I want to do is be able to copy the worksheet and duplicate it.
Each month I get new data, so I copy the worksheet and modify the new
worksheet.

What I find is that when I copy the sheet (in Excel 2007), the new
chart has replaced the named ranges with absolute cell references. But
the names on the sheet do copy over correctly.

How can I do this where the new chart retains the named ranges? I
don’t want to manually re-create the chart series each time (I have a
lot of charts).

Thanks
From: Jon Peltier on 18 Mar 2010 08:21
Save the sheet as its own workbook. When you need a copy of it, open
this workbook, and MOVE the sheet into the workbook.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://peltiertech.com/


On 3/15/2010 2:26 PM, Revolvr wrote:
> I have a workbook with a tab that has charts and data. Because the
> number of data points can vary month to month, I have set up the chart
> to reference named ranges. The named ranges are columns that vary in
> length, defined by language like this:
>
> "yvals"=OFFSET('MainSheet'!$B$2,0,0,COUNTIF('MainSheet'!$B$2:$B
> $20,">0"),1)
>
> "xvals"=OFFSET('MainSheet'!$A$2,0,0,COUNTA('MainSheet'!$A$2:$A$20),1)
>
> The X and Y series use the named ranges. If I add or remove data the
> chart range automatically changes accordingly. These named ranges have
> a scope that is only within the sheet, not a workbook scope.
>
> What I want to do is be able to copy the worksheet and duplicate it.
> Each month I get new data, so I copy the worksheet and modify the new
> worksheet.
>
> What I find is that when I copy the sheet (in Excel 2007), the new
> chart has replaced the named ranges with absolute cell references. But
> the names on the sheet do copy over correctly.
>
> How can I do this where the new chart retains the named ranges? I
> don�t want to manually re-create the chart series each time (I have a
> lot of charts).
>
> Thanks
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