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How to have consistent colouring of excel charts in many tabs

I have an excel file about 20 tabs of data and graphs and I want to have consistence colouring through out all tables
I have created a tap called Lookup Codes which contains all the description id all graphs headings and their associated colour.

I found some code on the web the almost works but I can't get it to work with all graphs in all tabs, any ideas

The attached file is a striped down file I have been using to get a basic solution and my VBA skills are basic
Color-chart-columns-by-cell-color1.xlsm

Karen Falandays

Hi flemingg62,
why do you need VBA? Why not just format one table and save it as a template? Then your formatting and colors will be listed in the chart types as your personal template
kfalandays

flemingg62

ASKER

Hi
Thanks I tried templates and I can't get it to keep the same colour for an item. i.e I want "Vacant" to be blue but Vacant can occur in a different position in the list. Sometime it is 4th, sometime it is 8th. The chart template appears to always assign the same colour to the row. i.e. the 3rd item will always the same colour no matter what the description is .

Karen Falandays

Oh I see, that makes sense then to use VBA
kfalandays

Rgonzo1971

Hi,

I have created a tap called Lookup Codes which contains all the description id all graphs headings and their associated colour.

Could you send an example of that

Regards

Rgonzo1971

pls try

Sub ColorChartColumnsbyCellColor()

For Each sh In Worksheets
    For Each chObj In sh.ChartObjects
        With chObj.Chart.SeriesCollection(1)
            Set vAddress = Range(Split(Split(.Formula, ",")(1), "!")(1))
            For Idx = 1 To vAddress.Count
                res = 0
                On Error Resume Next ' find corresponding XValue
                res = WorksheetFunction.Match(vAddress.Cells(Idx), Sheets("Sheet3").Range("A1:A5"), 0)
                On Error GoTo 0
                If res <> 0 Then ' if found
                    .Points(Idx).Format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = Sheets("Sheet3").Range("A1").Offset(res - 1, 1).Interior.Color
                End If
            Next
        End With
    Next
Next
End Sub

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Regards
Color-chart-columns-by-cell-color1-.xlsm

flemingg62

ASKER

Thanks Traveling for the next 2 days, will try on Friday

flemingg62

ASKER

Hi
Thanks for the code. I tried it and it works perfectly, bar one problem. Most of my graphs are Power Pivot and I keep getting out of ranges error. I have tried a few variations but no luck

I have attached a file that contains one power pivot tab (and 3 tabs of standard charts), any idea?
Test-colours-Charts-with-Power-Pivo.xlsm

Rgonzo1971

Not at my usual place(unable to open the file)

I changed the first code to read directly the values of the chart

Sub ColorChartColumnsbyCellColor()
Dim aXVal()
For Each sh In Worksheets
    For Each chObj In sh.ChartObjects
        With chObj.Chart.SeriesCollection(1)
            aXVal = .XValues
            For Idx = 1 To UBound(aXVal)
                res = 0
                On Error Resume Next ' find corresponding XValue
                res = WorksheetFunction.Match(aXVal(Idx), Sheets("Sheet3").Range("A1:A5"), 0)
                On Error GoTo 0
                If res <> 0 Then ' if found
                    .Points(Idx).Format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = Sheets("Sheet3").Range("A1").Offset(res - 1, 1).Interior.Color
                End If
            Next
        End With
    Next
Next
End Sub

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Rgonzo1971

then try ( your labels have to be unique not like in example: 2 "Meeting")

Sub ColorChartColumnsbyCellColor()
Dim aXVal()
For Each sh In Worksheets
    For Each chObj In sh.ChartObjects
        For Each SerCol In chObj.Chart.SeriesCollection
            With SerCol
                aXVal = .XValues
                For Idx = 1 To UBound(aXVal)
                    res = 0
                    On Error Resume Next ' find corresponding XValue
                    res = WorksheetFunction.Match(aXVal(Idx), Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A2:A25"), 0)
                    On Error GoTo 0
                    If res <> 0 Then ' if found
                        .Points(Idx).Format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A2").Offset(res - 1, 2).Interior.Color
                    End If
                Next
            End With
        Next
    Next
Next
End Sub

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flemingg62

ASKER

Hi
Thanks very much that solved the problem with power pivots. But when I run it in my main reports not all graphs are updated. In it I have a tab called Lookup Colours (to be hidden at the end) and 3 tabs update and 3 don't. I have set up a secondary column of grey so I can see the one that work ( I just change the column reference when I want to run a different colour scheme). Any Idea

Thanks again for you help so far.
BI-Depaartmental-Reports-9.xlsm

Rgonzo1971

then try

Sub ColorChartColumnsbyCellColor()
Dim aXVal()
For Each sh In Worksheets
Debug.Print sh.Name
    For Each chObj In sh.ChartObjects
        With chObj.Chart.SeriesCollection(1)
            aXVal = .XValues
            For Idx = 1 To UBound(aXVal)
                res = 0
                On Error Resume Next ' find corresponding XValue
                res = WorksheetFunction.Match(aXVal(Idx), Range(Sheets("LookUp Colours").Range("A1"), Sheets("LookUp Colours").Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)), 0)
                On Error GoTo 0
                If res <> 0 Then ' if found
                    .Points(Idx).Format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = Sheets("LookUp Colours").Range("A1").Offset(res - 1, 1).Interior.Color
                End If
            Next
        End With
    Next
Next

End Sub

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You change the name of the sheet (case sensitive)

flemingg62

ASKER

Hi
Thanks and sorry to be a pain, but there is no change, i.e. graph in W1, W3 & M2 won't colour as per the tab "LookUp Colours".
And I assume the comment about case sensitive refers to "LookUp Colours".

Rgonzo1971

runned the macro and this is the result where is the problem exactly
BI-Depaartmental-Reports-9v1.xlsm

flemingg62

ASKER

When I run the code only half the charts are updated. If I switch the colour to use the grey colour in Column C of Lookup Colour
( .Points(Idx).Format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = Sheets("LookUp Colours").Range("A1").Offset(res - 1, 2).Interior.Color)
So all charts that change colour are Grey. You will see that not all charts are updated. i.e. Tab W3 won't update but tab W2 will

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Brilliant works a treat

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Private Function ColorMyTab()
Dim iCntr, sht

'This will hold the colorIndex number
iCntr = 2

'looping throgh the all the sheets of the workbook
For Each sht In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
iCntr = iCntr + 1

'Applying the colors to Sheet tabs
sht.Tab.ColorIndex = iCntr
Next
End Function