Extending Tom's reply, if you are creating the chart programmatically, you could
have your code give it a unique name, which you could access in a subsequent
routine. In fact, you are naming the chart object, so the code looks like:

ActiveChart.Parent.Name = "ChtFinYE04"

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Tom Ogilvy wrote:

hold down the control key while clicking to select the chart and you should
see the name in the Name box.
(upper left corner on the formula bar - you need to have the formula bar
visible).