NanoCharts add-in development

As I decided to develop the NanoCharts (a concept more known as Microcharts or Sparklines) into an Excel add-in I’ve started by specifying features and functionality and came up with the following list:

  • Three different types of charts; bar, line and dot
  • Possibility to have data in rows or columns
  • Selectable chart color
  • Optional x-axis
  • Option to display last value as number

    I started creating a user form for these features (see below) on which I will base the add-in. I’d love to hear suggestions for features, what you would find useful or maybe less useful. Use the comment function.

    NanoCharts add-in user form

    To give an idea on what the end result may look like I include an example line chart in the picture below.

    Example NanoChart line chart

    In this example the x-axis is visible, which detracts somewhat from the readability, but if your data have negative values it can be useful in the NanoLine graph for clarity. Another option would be to make markers for negative values a different color. What do you think?

    Making the last marker red and slightly larger enhance readability in my opinion. Doing this in VBA is relatively simple:

    ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Select

    With Selection
    ' Find and select the last marker in the graph
    LastPoint = .Points.Count
    .Points(LastPoint).Select
    ' Change color, size and style of the marker
    With Selection.Border
    .ColorIndex = 1
    .Weight = xlHairline
    .LineStyle = xlContinuous
    End With

    With Selection
    .MarkerBackgroundColorIndex = 3
    .MarkerForegroundColorIndex = 3
    .MarkerStyle = xlCircle
    .MarkerSize = 3
    .Shadow = False
    End With

    Anyway, the project is moving forward and I hope to be able to upload a beta soon. Until then.

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