Question : Graphing in Microsoft Access

Hi,

I'm trying to create graphs in microsoft access.  My access front end connects to a SQL server back end.  I will be creating a simple scatter plot graph with [name] as the plots with associated x, y coordinates.  But i want to be able to filter out certain data by writing specific queries to the database like:

select name, x, y from data where criteria1=... and criteria2=...

Is there a way to script out the properties of a graph in VB then pass it this query and generate a dynamic graph?  I know that there are countless graphing packages out there but I'm trying to utilize what Microsoft Office has to offer first.

Answer : Graphing in Microsoft Access

For what it's worth... this is what I typically do in Access when trying to accomplish such a task.

I will create a table where I will store all my final data that I want to export to Excel to graph.

In a button click event:
I'll delete the contents of the table mentioned above.
I'll run a series of queries and code to filter the data and re-populate my table with the data desired.
I'll then export the newly populated table to Excel by doing something like:

Function ExportToExcel(intTireID As Integer) As Boolean
Dim objXL As Excel.Application
Dim objWkb As Excel.Workbook
Dim objSht As Excel.Worksheet
Dim intLastCol As Integer
Dim strMAX As Integer
Dim strSHT_NAME As String
Dim strWKB_NAME As String

Dim rstLoad As Recordset
Dim strPath As String, strSource As String
Dim intTubeID As Integer

Set rstLoad = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("tblLoadSingle")


strPath = "C:\Wherever\MyDataSheet.xls"


'COPY Original
strSource = strPath & "\BASE_SHEET\BLANK.xls"
strPath = strPath & "\" & rstTire!MSPN & ".xls"
FileCopy strSource, strPath
'***************************************

'***************************************
strSHT_NAME = "Sheet1"
strWKB_NAME = strPath
Set objXL = New Excel.Application

With objXL
    .Visible = True
    Set objWkb = .Workbooks.Open(strWKB_NAME)
    Set objSht = objWkb.Worksheets(strSHT_NAME)
    With objSht
       
        'LOAD
        'COLUMN A
        If Len(rstLoad!MPH1) > 0 Then .Range("A7").Value = rstLoad!MPH1 & " mph"
        If Len(rstLoad!KMH1) > 0 Then .Range("A8").Value = rstLoad!KMH1 & " km/h"
        If Len(rstLoad!LoadLBS1a) > 0 Then .Range("A9").Value = rstLoad!LoadLBS1a & " lbs"
        If Len(rstLoad!LoadKGS1a) > 0 Then .Range("A10").Value = rstLoad!LoadKGS1a & " kgs"
        If Len(rstLoad!LoadLBS1b) > 0 Then .Range("A11").Value = rstLoad!LoadLBS1b & " lbs"
        If Len(rstLoad!LoadKGS1b) > 0 Then .Range("A12").Value = rstLoad!LoadKGS1b & " kgs"
       
       'COLUMN B
        If Len(rstLoad!MPH2) > 0 Then .Range("B7").Value = rstLoad!MPH2 & " mph"
        If Len(rstLoad!KMH2) > 0 Then .Range("B8").Value = rstLoad!KMH2 & " km/h"
        If Len(rstLoad!LoadLBS2a) > 0 Then .Range("B9").Value = rstLoad!LoadLBS2a & " lbs"
        If Len(rstLoad!LoadKGS2a) > 0 Then .Range("B10").Value = rstLoad!LoadKGS2a & " kgs"
        If Len(rstLoad!LoadLBS2b) > 0 Then .Range("B11").Value = rstLoad!LoadLBS2b & " lbs"
        If Len(rstLoad!LoadKGS2b) > 0 Then .Range("B12").Value = rstLoad!LoadKGS2b & " kgs"

       'COLUMN C
        If Len(rstLoad!MPH3) > 0 Then .Range("C7").Value = rstLoad!MPH1 & " mph"
        If Len(rstLoad!KMH3) > 0 Then .Range("C8").Value = rstLoad!KMH1 & " km/h"
        If Len(rstLoad!LoadLBS3a) > 0 Then .Range("C9").Value = rstLoad!LoadLBS3a & " lbs"
        If Len(rstLoad!LoadKGS3a) > 0 Then .Range("C10").Value = rstLoad!LoadKGS3a & " kgs"
        If Len(rstLoad!LoadLBS3b) > 0 Then .Range("C11").Value = rstLoad!LoadLBS3b & " lbs"
        If Len(rstLoad!LoadKGS3b) > 0 Then .Range("C12").Value = rstLoad!LoadKGS3b & " kgs"

       'PRESSURE
        If Len(rstLoad!PressurePSIa) > 0 Then .Range("G9").Value = rstLoad!PressurePSIa & " psi"
        If Len(rstLoad!PressureBara) > 0 Then .Range("G10").Value = rstLoad!PressureBara & " bar"
        If Len(rstLoad!PressurePSIb) > 0 Then .Range("G11").Value = rstLoad!PressurePSIb & " psi"
        If Len(rstLoad!PressureBarb) > 0 Then .Range("G12").Value = rstLoad!PressureBarb & " bar"

    End With
End With
   
Set objSht = Nothing
Set objWkb = Nothing
Set objXL = Nothing

End Function


THERE are many examples on this site of how to export to excel..  In the above, I make a copy of a worksheet because I create a worksheet with my graph based on fixed cells and I don't want to muck up my original.

Good Luck!!