ApplyDataLabels method as it applies to the Chart object.

Applies data labels to a point, a series, or all the series in a chart.

expression.ApplyDataLabels(Type, LegendKey, AutoText, HasLeaderLines)expressionRequired. An expression that returns a Chartobject.Type Optional . The data label type.

XlDataLabelsType can be one of these XlDataLabelsType constants.
xlDataLabelsShowBubbleSizes The bubble size for the data label.
xlDataLabelsShowLabel. Category for the point.
xlDataLabelsShowLabelAndPercent. Percentage of the total, and category for the point. Available only for pie charts and doughnut charts.
xlDataLabelsShowNone. No data labels.
xlDataLabelsShowPercent. Percentage of the total. Available only for pie charts and doughnut charts.
xlDataLabelsShowValue default. Value for the point.
LegendKey Optional Variant.Trueto show the legend key next to the point. The default value is False.AutoText Optional Variant.Trueif the object automatically generates appropriate text based on content.HasLeaderLines Optional Variant.Trueif the series has leader lines.

ApplyDataLabels method as it applies to the Point and Series objects.

Applies data labels to a point, a series, or all the series in a chart.

expression.ApplyDataLabels(Type, LegendKey, AutoText, HasLeaderLines, ShowSeriesName, ShowCategoryName, ShowValue, ShowPercentage, ShowBubbleSize, Separator)expressionRequired. An expression that returns one of the above objects.Type Optional . The data label type.

XlDataLabelsType can be one of these XlDataLabelsType constants.
xlDataLabelsShowBubbleSizes The bubble size for the data label.
xlDataLabelsShowLabel. Category for the point.
xlDataLabelsShowLabelAndPercent. Percentage of the total, and category for the point. Available only for pie charts and doughnut charts.
xlDataLabelsShowNone. No data labels.
xlDataLabelsShowPercent. Percentage of the total. Available only for pie charts and doughnut charts.
xlDataLabelsShowValue default. Value for the point.
LegendKey Optional Variant.Trueto show the legend key next to the point. The default value is False.AutoText Optional Variant.Trueif the object automatically generates appropriate text based on content.HasLeaderLines Optional Variant.Trueif the series has leader lines.ShowSeriesName Optional Variant. The series name for the data label.ShowCategoryName Optional Variant. The category name for the data label.ShowValue Optional Variant. The value for the data label.ShowPercentage Optional Variant. The percentage for the data label.ShowBubbleSize Optional Variant. The bubble size for the data label.Separator Optional Variant. The separator for the data label.

Example

ApplyDataLabels method as it applies to the Series object.

This example applies category labels to series one. 

myChart.SeriesCollection(1). _ ApplyDataLabels Type:=xlDataLabelsShowLabel

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