ErrorBar Method

Applies To

Series Object.

Description

Applies error bars to the series.

Syntax

object.ErrorBar(direction, include, type, amount, minusValues)

object

Required. The Series object.

direction

Optional. Specifies the error bar direction (can be xlX or xlY; X is only available for scatter charts). If omitted, error bars are applied in the Y direction.

include

Optional. Specifies the error bar parts to include (one of xlPlusValues, xlMinusValues, xlNone, or xlBoth). If omitted, both error bars are included.

type

Optional. Specifies the error bar type (one of xlFixedValue, xlPercent, xlStDev, xlStError, or xlCustom).

amount

Optional. The error amount. Used for only the positive error amount when type = xlCustom.

minusValues

Optional. The negative error amount when type = xlCustom.

See Also

ErrorBars Property, HasErrorBars Property.

Example

This example applies standard error bars in the Y direction for series one in Chart1. The error bars are applied in the positive and negative directions. The example should be run on a 2-D line chart.


Charts("Chart1").SeriesCollection(1).ErrorBar _
    direction:=xlY, include:=xlBoth, type:=xlStError