Export Excel Charts as Images and Save Them to Sharepoint in Minutes with VBA

VBA stands for Visual Basic for Applications, which is a programming language that allows you to automate tasks in Excel and other Microsoft Office applications. One of the tasks that you can do with VBA is to export a chart as an image file and save it to a Sharepoint folder. Sharepoint is a web-based platform that allows you to store, share, and manage documents and data.

To export a chart as an image file, you need to use the Export method of the Chart object. This method takes two parameters: Filename and FilterName. The Filename parameter specifies the full path and name of the image file that you want to create. The FilterName parameter specifies the file format of the image, such as PNG, JPG, GIF, or BMP.

To save the image file to a Sharepoint folder, you need to use the UNC path of the folder, which starts with two backslashes (\) and follows the format of \\server\share\folder\. You can find the UNC path of a Sharepoint folder by opening it in Windows Explorer and copying the address from the address bar. Alternatively, you can map the Sharepoint folder as a network drive and use the drive letter instead of the UNC path.

Here is an example of how to export a chart as a PNG file and save it to a Sharepoint folder using VBA:

Sub ExportChartToSharepoint()
    'Declare variables
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Dim ch As ChartObject
    Dim fileName As String
    Dim folderPath As String
    
    'Set worksheet and chart objects
    Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")
    Set ch = ws.ChartObjects(1)
    
    'Set file name and folder path
    fileName = "MyChart.png"
    folderPath = "\\sharepoint.com\sites\MySite\Shared Documents\Charts\"
    
    'Export chart as PNG file and save it to Sharepoint folder
    ch.Chart.Export Filename:=folderPath & fileName, FilterName:="PNG"
    
    'Display a message
    MsgBox "Chart exported successfully!"
End Sub

This code assumes that you have a chart on Sheet1 of your workbook, and that you want to save it as MyChart.png to the Charts folder of your Sharepoint site. You can modify the code according to your needs.