Creates a data series in the specified range. Variant.
Syntax
expression.DataSeries (Rowcol, Type, Date, Step, Stop, Trend)
expression A variable that represents a Range object.
Parameters
| Name | Required/Optional | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowcol | Optional | Variant | Can be the xlRows or xlColumns constant to have the data series entered in rows or columns, respectively. If this argument is omitted, the size and shape of the range is used. |
| Type | Optional | XlDataSeriesType | The type for the data series. |
| Date | Optional | XlDataSeriesDate | If the Type argument is xlChronological, the Date argument indicates the step date unit. |
| Step | Optional | Variant | The step value for the series. The default value is 1. |
| Stop | Optional | Variant | The stop value for the series. If this argument is omitted, Microsoft Excel fills to the end of the range. |
| Trend | Optional | Variant | True to create a linear trend or growth trend. False to create a standard data series. The default value is False. |
Return value
Variant
Example
This example creates a series of 12 dates. The series contains the last day of every month in 1996 and is created in the range A1:A12 on Sheet1.
Set dateRange = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:A12")
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Formula = "31-JAN-1996"
dateRange.DataSeries Type:=xlChronological, Date:=xlMonth