ErrorBars for defined range

fefenouil

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Hello all,

So I am making progress with my first ever vba code but I am apparently stuck once again with a problem I don't find the solution over different blogs/forums.
My macro allow me to select data and then run some layout on a new sheet with some calculations and then show me the data in a graph. Up to this point everything is running (somehow) smoothly, but then I went my graph to have error bars and this is where I am stuck.
My error bars are associated with series and are thus defined as range. From what I have understood the ErrorBars "function" works with R1C1 addresses and I cannot figure out how to use my range. I have tried using the .Address to convert in R1C1 format, to convert the range before using it in R1C1, to use the "=" & method but none of them worked for me. I guess that I am using those wrongly so I am asking for your guys help on this one.
Thanks.

VBA Code:
Sub DatAnalysis()

'add new working sheet
Dim SheetName As String
SheetName = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Sheet name", Type:=2)
Sheets.Add(Before:=Worksheets("raw")).Name = SheetName
Worksheets(SheetName).Activate
With Sheets(SheetName)

'average and stdev naming row
    Range("A17").Value = "average"
    Range("A18").Value = "stdev"

'Graph prep
    Dim oChartObj As ChartObject
    Set oChartObj = ActiveSheet.ChartObjects.Add(Top:=300, Left:=50, Width:=500, Height:=250)
    Dim oChart As Chart
    Set oChart = ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Chart
  
'X axis
    oChart.Axes(xlCategory).HasTitle = True
    oChart.Axes(xlCategory).AxisTitle.Caption = "Peptide concentration"

'Y axis
    oChart.Axes(xlValue).HasTitle = True
    oChart.Axes(xlValue).AxisTitle.Caption = "Relative cell viability (%)"

'negative value transfer
    Dim negval As Range
    Worksheets("raw").Activate
    Set negval = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Pick the neg values", Type:=8)
    negval.Copy
    Worksheets(SheetName).Activate
    Range("A2").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
    Range("A1").Value = "neg"
    Range("A6") = Application.WorksheetFunction.Average(Range("A2:A4"))
    
'Background
    Dim bckgrnd As Range
    Worksheets("raw").Activate
    Set bckgrnd = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Pick the bckgrnd values", Type:=8)
    bckgrnd.Copy
    Worksheets(SheetName).Activate
    Range("B2").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
    Range("B1").Value = "bckgrnd"
    Range("B6") = Application.WorksheetFunction.Average(Range("B2:B4"))
    
'Set up for loop
    Dim SerieValue As Range
    Dim SerieName As String
    Dim Condi As Boolean
    Dim CondiConc As Boolean
    Dim SerieLentgh As Integer
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim j As Integer
    Dim aver As Range
    Dim sd As Range
    i = 1
    j = 1
    Condi = False
    
        Do Until Condi = True
    
'selection of series values
            Worksheets("raw").Activate
            Set SerieValue = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Pick Serie or empty cell if no more serie", Type:=8)
            If Not IsEmpty(SerieValue) Then Condi = False
            If IsEmpty(SerieValue) Then Condi = True
            SerieLength = SerieValue.Rows.Count
       
'copying serie
            Worksheets(SheetName).Activate
            SerieName = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Please input serie name.", Type:=2)
            SerieValue.Copy Destination:=Cells(9, i + 1)
'name serie
            Cells(7, i + 1).Value = SerieName
            Range(Cells(7, i + 1), Cells(7, i + SerieLength)).Select
                Selection.Merge
                Selection.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
'transform data
            Range(Cells(13, i + 1), Cells(15, i + SerieLength)).FormulaR1C1 = "=(((R[-4]C[0]-R6C2)/R6C1)*100)"
'average and stdev
        Set aver = Range(Cells(17, i + 1), Cells(17, i + SerieLength))
        aver.FormulaR1C1 = "=AVERAGE(R[-4]C[0]:R[-2]C[0])"
        Set sd = Range(Cells(18, i + 1), Cells(18, i + SerieLength))
        sd.FormulaR1C1 = "=STDEV(R[-5]C[0]:R[-3]C[0])"
     
'Transfer to graph
        With oChartObj.Chart
            .ChartType = xlColumnClustered
            .SeriesCollection.NewSeries
            .SeriesCollection(j).Name = SerieName
            .SeriesCollection(j).Values = aver
            .SeriesCollection(j).HasErrorBars = True
            .SeriesCollection(j).ErrorBars.Select
            .SeriesCollection(j).ErrorBars Direction:=xlY, Include:= _
            xlBoth, Type:=xlCustom, Amount:="='New'!" & sd.Address(, , xlR1C1), MinusValues:="='New'!" & sd.Address(, , xlR1C1)
            
'Y minimum value
            .Axes(xlValue).MinimumScale = 0

        End With
        
'Looping increment
        i = i + SerieLength
        j = j + 1
    
        Loop
        
End With
End Sub
 

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Hello all,

So I am making progress with my first ever vba code but I am apparently stuck once again with a problem I don't find the solution over different blogs/forums.
My macro allow me to select data and then run some layout on a new sheet with some calculations and then show me the data in a graph. Up to this point everything is running (somehow) smoothly, but then I went my graph to have error bars and this is where I am stuck.
My error bars are associated with series and are thus defined as range. From what I have understood the ErrorBars "function" works with R1C1 addresses and I cannot figure out how to use my range. I have tried using the .Address to convert in R1C1 format, to convert the range before using it in R1C1, to use the "=" & method but none of them worked for me. I guess that I am using those wrongly so I am asking for your guys help on this one.
Thanks.

VBA Code:
Sub DatAnalysis()

'add new working sheet
Dim SheetName As String
SheetName = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Sheet name", Type:=2)
Sheets.Add(Before:=Worksheets("raw")).Name = SheetName
Worksheets(SheetName).Activate
With Sheets(SheetName)

'average and stdev naming row
    Range("A17").Value = "average"
    Range("A18").Value = "stdev"

'Graph prep
    Dim oChartObj As ChartObject
    Set oChartObj = ActiveSheet.ChartObjects.Add(Top:=300, Left:=50, Width:=500, Height:=250)
    Dim oChart As Chart
    Set oChart = ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Chart
 
'X axis
    oChart.Axes(xlCategory).HasTitle = True
    oChart.Axes(xlCategory).AxisTitle.Caption = "Peptide concentration"

'Y axis
    oChart.Axes(xlValue).HasTitle = True
    oChart.Axes(xlValue).AxisTitle.Caption = "Relative cell viability (%)"

'negative value transfer
    Dim negval As Range
    Worksheets("raw").Activate
    Set negval = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Pick the neg values", Type:=8)
    negval.Copy
    Worksheets(SheetName).Activate
    Range("A2").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
    Range("A1").Value = "neg"
    Range("A6") = Application.WorksheetFunction.Average(Range("A2:A4"))
   
'Background
    Dim bckgrnd As Range
    Worksheets("raw").Activate
    Set bckgrnd = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Pick the bckgrnd values", Type:=8)
    bckgrnd.Copy
    Worksheets(SheetName).Activate
    Range("B2").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
    Range("B1").Value = "bckgrnd"
    Range("B6") = Application.WorksheetFunction.Average(Range("B2:B4"))
   
'Set up for loop
    Dim SerieValue As Range
    Dim SerieName As String
    Dim Condi As Boolean
    Dim CondiConc As Boolean
    Dim SerieLentgh As Integer
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim j As Integer
    Dim aver As Range
    Dim sd As Range
    i = 1
    j = 1
    Condi = False
   
        Do Until Condi = True
   
'selection of series values
            Worksheets("raw").Activate
            Set SerieValue = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Pick Serie or empty cell if no more serie", Type:=8)
            If Not IsEmpty(SerieValue) Then Condi = False
            If IsEmpty(SerieValue) Then Condi = True
            SerieLength = SerieValue.Rows.Count
      
'copying serie
            Worksheets(SheetName).Activate
            SerieName = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Please input serie name.", Type:=2)
            SerieValue.Copy Destination:=Cells(9, i + 1)
'name serie
            Cells(7, i + 1).Value = SerieName
            Range(Cells(7, i + 1), Cells(7, i + SerieLength)).Select
                Selection.Merge
                Selection.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
'transform data
            Range(Cells(13, i + 1), Cells(15, i + SerieLength)).FormulaR1C1 = "=(((R[-4]C[0]-R6C2)/R6C1)*100)"
'average and stdev
        Set aver = Range(Cells(17, i + 1), Cells(17, i + SerieLength))
        aver.FormulaR1C1 = "=AVERAGE(R[-4]C[0]:R[-2]C[0])"
        Set sd = Range(Cells(18, i + 1), Cells(18, i + SerieLength))
        sd.FormulaR1C1 = "=STDEV(R[-5]C[0]:R[-3]C[0])"
    
'Transfer to graph
        With oChartObj.Chart
            .ChartType = xlColumnClustered
            .SeriesCollection.NewSeries
            .SeriesCollection(j).Name = SerieName
            .SeriesCollection(j).Values = aver
            .SeriesCollection(j).HasErrorBars = True
            .SeriesCollection(j).ErrorBars.Select
            .SeriesCollection(j).ErrorBars Direction:=xlY, Include:= _
            xlBoth, Type:=xlCustom, Amount:="='New'!" & sd.Address(, , xlR1C1), MinusValues:="='New'!" & sd.Address(, , xlR1C1)
           
'Y minimum value
            .Axes(xlValue).MinimumScale = 0

        End With
       
'Looping increment
        i = i + SerieLength
        j = j + 1
   
        Loop
       
End With
End Sub
I haven't uploaded the right code actually, the destination sheet was named "New" before but code didn't worked either

VBA Code:
            .SeriesCollection(j).ErrorBars Direction:=xlY, Include:= _
            xlBoth, Type:=xlCustom, Amount:="='New'!" & sd.Address(, , xlR1C1), MinusValues:="='New'!" & sd.Address(, , xlR1C1)
 
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Problem solved by Setting de novo sd after calculation

VBA Code:
            Set sd = Range(Cells(18, i), Cells(18, SerieLength + i - 1))
                sd.FormulaR1C1 = "=STDEV(R[-5]C[0]:R[-3]C[0])"
                Set sd = Range(Cells(18, i), Cells(18, SerieLength + i - 1))
'Transfer to graph
       With oChartObj.Chart
            .ChartType = xlColumnClustered
            .SeriesCollection.NewSeries
            .SeriesCollection(j).Name = SerieName
            .SeriesCollection(j).Values = aver
            .SeriesCollection(j).ErrorBar Direction:=xlY, Include:=xlBoth, Type:=xlErrorBarTypeCustom, Amount:=sd, MinusValues:=sd.Select
            .SetElement (msoElementErrorBarNone)
            .SeriesCollection(j).HasErrorBars = True
 
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