DataSeries Method [Excel 2003 VBA Language Reference]

Creates a data series in the specified range. Variant.

expression.DataSeries(Rowcol, Type, Date, Step, Stop, Trend)

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

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.

XlDataSeriesType

XlDataSeriesType can be one of these XlDataSeriesType constants.
xlAutoFill
xlDataSeriesLineardefault
xlChronological
xlGrowth

XlDataSeriesDate

XlDataSeriesDate can be one of these XlDataSeriesDate constants.
xlDaydefault
xlWeekday
xlMonth
xlYear

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.

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

Applies to | Range Collection