OLAP Cube Pivot Field Hide Items Dynamically - vba

My goal is to use VBA to dynamically hide all items in a PivotTable field list except for an array of items stored in a separate table. The catch is it's an OLAP cube so I have to use the Cube field method. Also I am only aware of a way to hide specific items. What I want to do is hide everything except specific items.
I am getting an
Application Defined or Object Related Error
on the line with .HiddenItemsList
I know I am way off on syntax but quite lost at this point.
Public Sub FilterRd()
Dim arCC As Variant
Dim pfCostCenterCode As PivotField
Dim PF As PivotField
Dim PI As PivotItem
arCC = Worksheets("CCs").ListObjects("tblCCs").DataBodyRange.Value
arCC = Application.Transpose(arCC)
Set pfCostCenterCode = Worksheets("RDA").PivotTables("PTccs").PivotFields("[DCC].[CCC].[CCC]")
a = Filter_PivotField(pfCostCenterCode, arrCC)
End Sub
Private Function Filter_PivotField(pvtField As PivotField, varItemList As Variant)
Dim i As Long
' On Error GoTo ErrorHandler:
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With pvtField
.ClearAllFilters
.CubeField.IncludeNewItemsInFilter = True
End With
For i = LBound(varItemList) + 1 To UBound(varItemList)
pvtField.HiddenItemsList = Array("[DCC].[CCC].&" & varItemList(i) & "]")
Next i
ErrorHandler:
MsgBox "Error while trying to process item: " & varItemList(i)
End Function

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vba Looping through Shape Listbox (change type)

So I have this spreadsheet with several listboxes. In these listboxes I have some values/items that are actually filters. I want to get each item/filter of each listboxes to amend an SQL query in my code.
So I've been asked to looped through the listboxes and I managed to do it by looping the Shapes of the spreadsheet but eventually ... those listboxes are now viewed as Shapes in VBA and not listboxes anymore. I'm looking for a way to either turn my shape in listbox or maybe find a method from the Shapes type to loop each listbox's items. Here is the part of my code, so far I loop through each shapes/listboxes, if within my shapes'name there is the word "CFRA" then I want to loop within each item selected of my listbox so that my function return them.
Private Function getListFilters() As String
My_Sheet.Activate
Dim Shp
For Each Shp In My_Sheet.Shapes
pos = InStrRev(Shp.Name, "CFRA", , vbTextCompare)
MsgBox (pos)
If pos <> 0 Then
MsgBox (TypeName(Shp))
End If
Next
End Function
Thanks in advance for those who are willing to help me and have a great day :)
Since you do not explain what is to be extracted from the list box, try the next Function, please. It will deliver the list box object having "CFRA" string in its name. Of course, any string can be used:
Private Function getListObjX(strPartName As String, sh As Worksheet) As MSForms.ListBox
Dim oObj As OLEObject
For Each oObj In sh.OLEObjects
If oObj.Name Like "*" & strPartName & "*" Then
'Debug.Print oObj.Name, TypeName(oObj.Object): Stop
If TypeName(oObj.Object) = "ListBox" Then
Set getListObjX = oObj.Object: Exit Function
End If
End If
Next
End Function
It can be called in the next way:
Sub testGetListObj()
Dim sh As Worksheet, lstB As MSForms.ListBox, lstBF As ListBox
Dim i As Long, arrSel As Variant, k As Long
Set sh = ActiveSheet
Set lstB = getListObjX("CFRA", sh)
If lstB Is Nothing Then MsgBox "No such an ActiveX list box...": Exit Sub
ReDim arrSel(lstB.ListCount - 1)
For i = 0 To lstB.ListCount - 1
If lstB.Selected(i) Then
'Debug.Print lstB.List(i)
arrSel(k) = lstB.List(i): k = k + 1
End If
Next i
ReDim Preserve arrSel(k - 1)
MsgBox Join(arrSel, "|")
End Sub
But, being an ActiveX list box type, you can simply use one of its events. Of course, if you do not need to take items from more then a list box...
I also prepared a function to return the object for a Form list box (before you clarify the issue). Maybe, somebody else will use it...
Dim oObj As ListBox
For Each oObj In sh.ListBoxes 'even not being shown by intellisense, this collection exists...
If oObj.Name Like "*" & strPartName & "*" Then
'Debug.Print oObj.Name
Set getListObjF = oObj: Exit Function
End If
Next
End Function
It can be called similarly, but the lstB should be declared As ListBox.
Edited, to make the function working in one step:
Private Function getListFilters(strPartName) As String
Dim sh As Worksheet, lstB As MSForms.ListBox
Dim oObj As OLEObject, i As Long, arrSel As Variant, k As Long
Set sh = ActiveSheet ' use here your sheet
For Each oObj In sh.OLEObjects
If oObj.Name Like "*" & strPartName & "*" Then
If TypeName(oObj.Object) = "ListBox" Then
Set lstB = oObj.Object: Exit For
End If
End If
Next
If lstB Is Nothing Then MsgBox "No such an ActiveX list box...": Exit Function
ReDim arrSel(lstB.ListCount - 1)
For i = 0 To lstB.ListCount - 1
If lstB.Selected(i) Then
arrSel(k) = lstB.List(i): k = k + 1
End If
Next i
ReDim Preserve arrSel(k - 1)
getListFilters = Join(arrSel, "|")
End Function
And the function will be simple called as:
Debug.Print getListFilters("CFRA")
You access ActiveX-Objects via the OLEObjects-Collection of a worksheet. The interesting control information are in the property Object of such an object:
Use VBA function TypeName to figure out what kind of OLE object you have
Number of items can be fetched with the Object.ListCount property.
To access the items of a listbox, loop over the Object.list property (index starts at 0, so loop must run from 0 to ListCount-1)
To check if an item is selected, use the matching .Object.Selected property.
The following code will loop will print all selected items of all listboxes of a worksheet:
Sub listBoxes()
Dim objx As OLEObject
For Each objx In ActiveSheet.OLEObjects
Debug.Print "Name = " & objx.Name & " Typ = " & TypeName(objx.Object)
If TypeName(objx.Object) = "ListBox" Then
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To objx.Object.ListCount - 1
If objx.Object.Selected(i) Then
Debug.Print objx.Name, objx.Object.list(i)
End If
Next i
End If
Next
End Sub
Update: To show the coherence between Shapes, OleObjects and ActiceX controls on a sheet:
A Shape is a container for everything that is not part of a cell/range. Could be any kind of painted shape forms (rectangels, arrows, stars...), could be an image, a chart, an OLEObject, a form control and so on.
An OLEObject is a something that is not from Excel but is put into an Excel sheet, using a technique called OLE, Object Linking and Embedding.
An ActiveX is a control (editbox, listbox...). These controls where developed by Microsoft and where meant to run in different environments (eg a browser). They are accessible via dll and this dll is added into Excel and other office programs.
Every ActiveX-Control is added as an OLEObject into a sheet, but you can have also different OLEObjects (eg an embedded Word document) that are not an ActiceX objects.
When you want to access those things via VBA, you can use the Shapes-collection that lists all shapes of a sheet (including all OLEObjects), or you can use the OLEObjects-collection that lists all OLEObjects (including all ActiveX controls). However, there is no ActiveX collection, so if you want to fetch all ActiceX-Controls, you have to loop over either the two collections mentioned above.
If you want to access an OLEObject from the shape collection, you first need to check the type of the shape, it must have the type msoOLEControlObject (12) or msoEmbeddedOLEObject (7). A list of all shape types can be found here.
If the shape is either 7 or 12, you can access the OLEObject using Shape.OLEFormat.Object. The following to loops results in exactly the same (ws is just a worksheet variable)
Dim sh As Shape, oleObj As OLEObject
For Each sh In ws.Shapes
If sh.Type = msoOLEControlObject Or sh.Type = msoEmbeddedOLEObject Then
Set oleObj = sh.OLEFormat.Object
Debug.Print oleObj.Name, oleObj.OLEType
End If
Next
For Each oleObj In ws.OLEObjects
Debug.Print oleObj.Name, oleObj.OLEType
Next
Note that sh.Name and sh.OLEFormat.Object.Name are not necessarily the same.
Now the last step is to find the ActiveX-Controls of a specific type, this was already shown in the code of the original answer above - the ActiveX-control can be accessed via oleObj.object. Check the object type if the VBA function TypeName to filter out for example your listboxes.

Excel 2016 VBA - Compare 2 PivotTables fields for matching values

Hi please can someone help, Excel 2016 VBA PivotTable objects. I rarely develop in Excel VBA.
Overall goal:
Compare a single column [P_ID] value list from PivotTable2 against PivotTable1 if they exist or not to enable filtering on those valid values in PivotTable1.
I have some Excel 2016 VBA code which I have adapted from a previous answer from a different internet source.
Logic is: gather data from PivotTable2 from the ComparisonTable dataset (in PowerPivot model), field [P_ID] list of values. Generate a test line as input into function to test for existence of field and value in PivotTable1 against the Mastertable dataset, if true add the line as valid if not skip the line.
Finally filter PivotTable1 with the VALID P_ID values.
It works to a point until it gets to the bFieldItemExists function which generates an error:
Run-time error '1004'
Unable to get the PivotItems property of the PivotField class
Can someone please correct the way of this not working?
Private Sub Worksheet_PivotTableUpdate(ByVal Target As PivotTable)
Dim MyArray As Variant, _
ar As Variant, _
x As String, _
y As String, _
str As Variant
MyArray = ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable2").PivotFields("[ComparisonTable].[P_ID].[P_ID]").DataRange
For Each ar In MyArray
x = "[MasterTable].[P_ID].&[" & ar & "]"
If ar <> "" And bFieldItemExists(x) = True Then
If str = "" Then
str = "[MasterTable].[P_ID].&[" & ar & "]"
Else
str = str & "," & "[MasterTable].[P_ID].&[" & ar & "]"
End If
End If
Next ar
Dim str2() As String
str2 = Split(str, ",")
Application.EnableEvents = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").PivotFields("[MasterTable].[P_ID].[P_ID]").VisibleItemsList = Array(str2)
Application.EnableEvents = True
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Function bFieldItemExists(strName As String) As Boolean
Dim strTemp As Variant
' This line does not work!?
strTemp = ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").PivotFields("[MasterTable].[P_ID].[P_ID]").PivotItems(strName)
If Err = 0 Then bFieldItemExists = True Else bFieldItemExists = False
End Function
The 1004 error occurred due to the use of square brackets [ ]. Remove those.
You also need to use the key word Set when you set an object equal to something. For example Set MyArray = ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable2").PivotFields("ComparisonTable.P_ID.[P_ID").DataRange.
If you don't use Set you will get a VBA run-time error dialog that says Run-time error '91': Object variable or With block variable not set
I cannot guarantee that my edits will completely solve your problem since I don't have your data set and cannot fully test your code. You will need to use the Debug mode in the VBA editor and single step through the code. To this set a breakpoint on the Set mDataRange = Active.... To set a breakpoint go to the Debug menu and choose the "Toggle Breakpoint" sub-menu item or you can press F9 to set the breakpoint.
Now when you make a change to the Pivot table, the Worksheet_PivotTableUpdate event will fire and the code will top execution at that point.
After the code stops executing due to the breakpoint, you can press the F8 key to single step through your code. If you want to resume execution to the next breakpoint you can press F5. Also when you get the VBA error dialog box, you can hit Debug and then use the F8 key to single step or use the debug windows to see what your variables and objects contain. I'm sure there are some good youtube videos on VBA debugging.
As you single step through the code, you can observe what each variable/object contains using the Immediate window, the Watches window and the Locals window. To open these windows, go to the menu item View and click on each of these sub-menu items.
Here's how you need to edit your code before debugging.
Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_PivotTableUpdate(ByVal Target As PivotTable)
'Better practice is to not use the underscore character to
'continue a Dim declaration line
Dim mDataRange As Range
Dim ar As Range
Dim x As String
Dim y As String
Dim str As Variant
'Use Set to assign the object mDataRange a reference to the the right
'hand side of the equation. Remove the square brackets
'MyArray = ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable2").PivotFields("[ComparisonTable].[P_ID].[P_ID]").DataRange
Set mDataRange = ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable2").PivotFields("ComparisonTable.P_ID.P_ID").DataRange
For Each ar In mDataRange
'You need to specify what proprerty from ar you
'want to assign to x. Assuming the value stored in
'ar.Value2 is a string, this should work.
'We use value2 because it is the unformmated value
'and is slightly quicker to access than the Text or Value
'properties
'x = "[MasterTable].[P_ID].&[" & ar & "]"
x = "MasterTable.P_ID." & ar.Value2
'Once again specify the Value2 property as containing
'what value you want to test
If ar.Value2 <> "" And bFieldItemExists(x) = True Then
If str = "" Then
'Remove the square brackets and use the specific property
'str = "[MasterTable].[P_ID].&[" & ar & "]"
str = "MasterTable.P_ID." & ar.Value2
Else
'Remove the square brackets and use the specific property
'str = str & "," & "[MasterTable].[P_ID].&[" & ar & "]"
str = str & "," & "MasterTable.P_ID." & ar.Value2
End If
End If
Next ar
Dim str2() As String
str2 = Split(str, ",")
Application.EnableEvents = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'Remove square brackets
'ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").PivotFields("[MasterTable].[P_ID].[P_ID]").VisibleItemsList = Array(str2)
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").PivotFields("MasterTable.P_ID.P_ID").VisibleItemsList = Array(str2)
Application.EnableEvents = True
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Function bFieldItemExists(strName As String) As Boolean
'Declare a PivotItem to accept the return value
Dim pvItem As PivotItem
'Since you want to trap for an error, you'll need to let the VBA runtime know
'The following code is a pseudo Try/Catch. This tells the VBA runtime to skip
'the fact an error occured and continue on to the next statement.
'Your next statement should deal with the error condition
On Error Resume Next
'Use Set whenever assigning an object it's "value" or reference in reality
Set pvItem = ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").PivotFields("MasterTable.P_ID.P_ID").PivotItems(strName)
'Assuming that an error gets thrown when strName is not found in the pivot
'Err is the error object. You should access the property you wish to test
If Err.Number = 0 Then
bFieldItemExists = True
Else
bFieldItemExists = False
End If
'Return to normal error functioning
On Error GoTo 0
End Function
Finally, I realize that some of this should be in the comments section, but there was too much I needed to explain to help Learner74. BUT most importantly, I hope I helped him. I have used so many suggestions, recommendations and explanations from the VBA Stack Overflow exchange through the years, I just want to pay it back by paying it forward.
Additional USEFUL Links:
Chip Pearson is the go to site and person for all things VBA
Paul Kelly's Excel Macro Mastery is another go to site for Excel and VBA questions.
Microsoft Excel Object Model which is sometimes useful, but needs improvement. Too many of the objects lack examples, but can at least point you in the right direction.

Update and filter pivot with VBA - Wildcard filter

I want to clear the prevoius filter on pivotfield Invoicenr, update a pivot table, and not show certain items.
I want to show Everything but the items that have a Invoicenr that begins with PO* (seems that * can't be used in VBA?).
Besides this I want to see everything else and the Invoicenr that starts with PO and contains OH.
See my attempt below:
Sub Macro2()
'
' Macro2 Macro
'
ThisWorkbook.RefreshAll
'Worksheets("Pivot").Select
'ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PIVOT1").RepeatAllLabels xlRepeatLabels
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PIVOT1").PivotFields("Invoicenr"). _
ClearLabelFilters
With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PIVOT1").PivotFields("invoicenr")
.PivotItems("PO").Visible = False
End With
End Sub
If I'm understanding the conditions correctly, this should get you the results you want for the first case...
Show All Items except ones that begin with "PO" :
Sub ShowAllButPO()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim pvtTable As PivotTable
Dim pvtField As PivotField
Dim pvtItem As PivotItem
Set ws = ActiveSheet
Set pvtTable = ws.PivotTables("PIVOT1")
Set pvtField = pvtTable.PivotFields("Invoicenr")
pvtTable.RefreshTable
pvtTable.ClearAllFilters
For Each pvtItem In pvtField.PivotItems
If Left(UCase(pvtItem), 2) = "PO" Then
pvtItem.Visible = False
End If
Next
End Sub
And this should cover the second condition...
Show All Items in "invoicenr" that start with "PO" and also contain "OH" :
Sub ShowOnlyPO()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim pvtTable As PivotTable
Dim pvtField As PivotField
Dim pvtItem As PivotItem
Set ws = ActiveSheet
Set pvtTable = ws.PivotTables("PIVOT1")
Set pvtField = pvtTable.PivotFields("Invoicenr")
pvtTable.RefreshTable
pvtTable.ClearAllFilters
For Each pvtItem In pvtField.PivotItems
If Left(UCase(pvtItem), 2) = "PO" And InStr(UCase(pvtItem), "OH") > 0 Then
pvtItem.Visible = True
Else
pvtItem.Visible = False
End If
Next
End Sub
I'm less sure about what you wanted for the second condition. Your wording "i want to see Everything else and the invoicenr that starts with PO and contains "OH"" wasn't completely clear to me.
If you could clarify what you mean by "Everything else and invoicenr that starts with PO.. etc etc" then I can update my code if needed.
Also, if those two code blocks end up getting you what you want, then you could just assign each macro to its own button in your worksheet. That way, you could just toggle the two scenarios without having to open the VBEditor to run the code. If you are unsure how to do this, check out this link
Use this code:
Sub Except_PO()
Dim var As Variant
var = "PO*"
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("Pivot1").PivotFields("Invoicenr").ClearAllFilters
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("Pivot1").PivotFields("Invoicenr").PivotFilters. _
Add Type:=xlCaptionDoesNotEqual, Value1:=var
End Sub
Sub POwithOH()
Dim var As Variant
var = "PO*OH*"
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("Pivot1").PivotFields("Invoicenr").ClearAllFilters
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("Pivot1").PivotFields("Invoicenr").PivotFilters. _
Add Type:=xlCaptionEquals, Value1:=var
End Sub
Then make 2 command buttons with this code
filtering All EXCEPT PO
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Call Except_PO
End Sub
Filtering data starting with PO and contains OH
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
Call POwithOH
End Sub
So if you click CommandButton1, your pivot will filter those data that don't start with PO.
And when you click CommandButton2, your pivot will filter all data that starts with PO AND contains OH.

Get position (in number) of selected item in dropdown list

In a dropdown list I have a few items. Can I, when I select an item, get the position of that item in the list as a number?
If you are looking for the index of a Data Validation list, this is what I'd do:
Put the following code in the ThisWorkbook module:
Private Sub Workbook_SheetChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target As Range)
Dim ValidationIndex As Long
Dim rngTest As Excel.Range
'assumes the data validation is in a cell named "rngTest"
On Error Resume Next
Set rngTest = Sh.Range("rngTest")
If rngTest Is Nothing Then
Exit Sub
End If
On Error GoTo 0
If Not Intersect(ActiveCell, Sh.Range("rngTest")) Is Nothing Then
ValidationIndex = GetValidationIndex
MsgBox ValidationIndex
End If
End Sub
Put this function in the ThisWorkbook module also, or else in any regular module:
Function GetValidationIndex() As Long
'returns a 1-based index
Dim rngTest As Excel.Range
Dim varValidationString As Variant
Dim ErrNumber As Long
Dim i As Long
With ActiveCell.Validation
If .Type = xlValidateList Then '3
On Error Resume Next
Set rngTest = ActiveCell.Parent.Range(.Formula1)
'I do this goofy thing with ErrNumber to keep my indenting and flow pretty
ErrNumber = Err.Number
On Error GoTo 0
'if the Validation is defined as a range
If ErrNumber = 0 Then
GetValidationIndex = Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(ActiveCell.Value2, rngTest, 0)
Exit Function
'if the validation is defined by comma-separated values
Else
varValidationString = Split(.Formula1, ",")
For i = LBound(varValidationString) To UBound(varValidationString)
If varValidationString(i) = ActiveCell.Value2 Then
GetValidationIndex = i + 1
Exit Function
End If
Next i
End If
End If
End With
End Function
If you are using a list or combo box, ListIndex would seem to be what you are after.
VB Help for ListIndex property: Returns or sets the index number of the currently selected item in a list box or combo box. Read/write Long. Remarks. You cannot use this property with multiselect list boxes.
If nothing is selected, ListIndex's value is -1. If memory serves, it is a zero based index.
ListIndex cannot be set at design time so it is not listed in the properties window.
When entering your code, type the list box name then dot and the editor displays all the available properties. Scroll down the list, note any that look interesting, then look them up.
I think it is not necessary to use a function. You can get it by using only Match function, like in above Doug's answer.
Dim GetValidationIndex as Integer
Dim rngTest as Range
' Get the validation list
With ActiveCell.Validation
Set rngTest = ActiveCell.Parent.Range(.Formula1)
end with
GetValidationIndex = Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(ActiveCell.Value2, rngTest, 0)
The function GetValidationIndex is good.
However, for some regional settings the line varValidationString = Split(.Formula1, ",") is not valid, because the character used to separate the different values is ";"
I suggest use:
varValidationString = Split(.Formula1, Application.International(xlListSeparator))

Excel vba: error hiding calculated field in Pivot table

I have written several Subs to show/hide fields in a PivotTable.
Now I am trying to do the same with a calculated field, but I get an error when hiding it.
I took my code from the recorder and the recorder's code also halts on the last line.
I googled the error message, without serious result.
Sub PrRemove()
'remove PR
Dim pt As PivotTable
Set pt = ActiveSheet.PivotTables("MyPivot")
pt.PivotFields("MyField").Orientation = xlHidden '<- here is the error
End Sub
The same code works fine if MyField is a normal field (not a calculated one).
I am using Excel 2007 with SP2.
Any clue ?
EDIT on 17 June 2010: I also tried using pt.DataFields instead of pt.PivotFields, with exactly the same behaviour. The error message says "Unable to set the orientation of the PivotField class".
after much hair pulling i have found a workaround.
if you add more than one pivot field (calculated or otherwise) excel creates a grouped field called Values. you can set the orientation property of PivotField("Values") to xlHidden and it bullets both fields. So if you want to remove a calculated field, just add a non-calculated field, set PivotField("Values").orientation to xlHidden and you're done.
nobody said it would be pretty...
With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivottableName").PivotFields("Values")
.PivotItems("CalcFieldName").Visible = False
End With
I wanted to easily remove data fields (calculated fields or not), like it would be done manually.
And I finally found this solution (Excel 2010) :
Set pt = ActiveSheet.PivotTables("mypivottable")
For Each pi In pt.DataPivotField.PivotItems
pi.Visible = False
Next
Well, I will give you the confirmation you need. It seems using the Orientation property on a "Calulated Field" just does not work, and I would have to agree this is a bug and not a common "usage" error. I was able to duplicate "hiding/showing" the field without having to remove ("Delete") the calculated field. This allows the user to physically drag the calculated field from the field list after you have progammatically "hidden" the field. This is not a bad solution because it duplicates the user-interface. (Using Excel 2003.)
'2009.09.25 AMJ
'work around for
' 1004, Unable to set the Orientation property of the PivotField class
'when setting orientation property to hidden of calculated field, as in
' ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").PivotFields("Sum of Field1").Orientation = xlHidden
Public Sub Hide()
'hide the data without removing the calculated field
' this allows the user to physically drag the
' calculated field from the field list once we
' have "hidden" it programmatically.
' if we use the "delete" method, the field is removed
' from the pivot table and the field list
Dim oWS As Worksheet
Dim oPT As PivotTable
Dim oPF As PivotField
Dim oPI As PivotItem
Set oWS = ActiveSheet
Set oPT = oWS.PivotTables(1)
For Each oPF In oPT.DataFields
If oPF.SourceName = "Field1" Then
'Stop
Exit For
End If
Next
Set oPI = oPF.DataRange.Cells(1, 1).PivotItem
'oPI.DataRange.Select
oPI.Visible = False
End Sub
Public Sub Show()
'show just reads the pivot field to the data fields
Dim oWS As Worksheet
Dim oPT As PivotTable
Dim oPF As PivotField
Set oWS = ActiveSheet
Set oPT = oWS.PivotTables(1)
For Each oPF In oPT.PivotFields
If oPF.SourceName = "Field1" Then
'Stop
Exit For
End If
Next
oPT.AddDataField oPF
End Sub
[original answer]
Most likely you cannot hide this item because it is the last visible item. Instead, try removing it.
Here is a little workaround I discovered today, again not very elegant but at least it doesn't need much code, it will hide ALL the fields and you will need to reshow the ones you want after:
objTable.DataPivotField.Orientation = xlHidden
You may run into an error if excel for some reason thinks the datapivotfield is empty, but to fix this just add in another field as a datafield right before the above statement. Also make sure its the letter l not the number 1 in xlHidden vba's default font has them looking very very similar.
Happy Coding
It seems that to hide a calculated field you need to first hide a pivot field called "Values".
PivotTable(1).PivotFields("Values").Orientation = xlHidden
For Each PF In PT.DataFields
PF.Orientation = xlHidden
Next PF
I'm assuming that field only seem to exist if you've got two or more fields in your xlDataField position.
Thanks Alinboss for pointing me in the right direction. I was sure I tried your method before and failed - turns out the order is important!
P.s. Your code still does not work with only one calculated data field
Laurent Bosc's code checks out so I voted it up. My full code includes adding data after hiding it all. The code is placed on Sheet1(Sheet1).
Private Sub Refresh_Pivot()
Dim NewMetric As String
Dim pt As PivotTable, objDataField As Object
NewMetric = "your_custom_metric"
'-------update pivot table 1, hide all elements including calculated field----
Application.EnableEvents = False
Set pt = Sheet1.PivotTables("PivotTable1")
For Each Pi In pt.DataPivotField.PivotItems
Pi.Visible = False
Next
'--------add a new data field to the pivot table----------------------------
With pt
.AddDataField.PivotFields(NewMetric), "Sum of " & NewMetric, xlSum
End With
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub
I don't think this is an excel bug, I think it's a 'feature'. ;-)
Re: #AMissico, there is no problem in excel hiding all of the fields in a pivot table, but he may be talking about items - you can't hide the last item in a pivot field.
This is the code I routinely use to do what you are trying to do. These macros were developed on Excel 2002 & 2003. I don't hide CalculatedFields, I delete them.
' Hide all fields.
' #param ThePivotTable to operate upon.
Sub HidePivotFields(ByVal ThePivotTable As PivotTable)
Dim pField As PivotField
For Each pField In ThePivotTable.CalculatedFields
pField.Delete
Next pField
For Each pField In ThePivotTable.PivotFields
pField.Orientation = xlHidden
Next pField
Set pField = Nothing
End Sub
' Removes FieldName data from ThePivotTable
Sub HideField(ByVal ThePivotTable As PivotTable, _
ByVal FieldName As String)
If FieldExists(ThePivotTable, FieldName) = True And _
CalculatedFieldExists(ThePivotTable, FieldName) = False Then
ThePivotTable.PivotFields(FieldName).Orientation = xlHidden
End If
End Sub
' Returns True if FieldName exists in ThePivotTable
'
' #param ThePivotTable to operate upon.
' #param FieldName the name of the specific pivot field.
Function FieldExists(ByVal ThePivotTable As PivotTable, _
ByVal FieldName As String) As Boolean
Dim pField As PivotField
For Each pField In ThePivotTable.PivotFields
If pField.SourceName = FieldName Then
FieldExists = True
Exit For
End If
Next pField
Set pField = Nothing
End Function
' Checks if the field FieldName is currently a member of the
' CalculatedFields Collection in ThePivotTable.
' #return True if a CalculatedField has a SourceName matching the FieldName
' #return False otherwise
Function CalculatedFieldExists(ByVal ThePivotTable As PivotTable, _
ByVal FieldName As String) As Boolean
Dim pField As PivotField
CalculatedFieldExists = False
For Each pField In ThePivotTable.CalculatedFields
If pField.SourceName = FieldName Then
CalculatedFieldExists = True
End If
Next pField
Set pField = Nothing
End Function
' Returns a Pivot Field reference by searching through the source names.
'
' This function is a guard against the user having changed a field name on me.
' #param ThePivotTable to operate upon.
' #param FieldName the name of the specific pivot field.
Function GetField(ByVal ThePivotTable As PivotTable, _
ByVal FieldName As String) As PivotField
Dim pField As PivotField
For Each pField In ThePivotTable.PivotFields
If pField.Name <> "Data" Then
If pField.SourceName = FieldName Then
Set GetField = pField
Exit For
End If
End If
Next pField
Set pField = Nothing
End Function
' Counts the number of currently visible pivot items in a field.
' #param ThePivotItems the collection of pivot itemns in a field.
' #return the count of the visible items.
Function PivotItemCount(ByVal ThePivotItems As PivotItems) As Long
Dim pItem As PivotItem
Dim c As Long
For Each pItem In ThePivotItems
If pItem.Visible = True Then c = c + 1
Next pItem
PivotItemCount = c
Set pItem = Nothing
End Function
' Hides a single pivot item in a pivot field, unless it's the last one.
' #param FieldName pivot field containing the pivot item.
' #param ItemName pivot item to hide.
Sub HidePivotItem(ByVal ThePivotTable As PivotTable, _
ByVal FieldName As String, _
ByVal ItemName As String)
Dim pField As PivotField
Set pField = GetField(ThePivotTable, FieldName)
If Not pField Is Nothing Then
If PivotItemCount(pField.PivotItems) > 1 Then
pField.PivotItems(ItemName).Visible = False
End If
End If
Set pField = Nothing
End Sub
I am having the exact same problem as you.
It looks like I'm going to have to delete the calculated field and readd it rather than hiding/showing it.
I accidentally discovered a workaround to this the first time I attempted to hide a calculated field, so thought I would share it here:
Instead of modifying the orientation property, you can instead instruct the code to select the cell in the pivot table that contains the title of the calculated field you want to hide, and then delete the selection. This works as long as you have another datafield already in the table. Example below:
Scenario: Pivot table covers the range A1:G10. Calculated field "Margin" is already in the table, and you want to add the data field "Sales" and remove the "Margin" calc field.
Code to execute:
'Add Sales data field
ActiveSheet.PivotTables(Pname).AddDataField ActiveSheet.PivotTables( _
Pname).PivotFields("SALES"), "Sum of SALES", xlSum
'At this point, the datafield titles are in vertically adjacent rows, named "Sum
'of Margin" and "Sum of Sales" at locations B3 and B4 respectively.
'Remove the "Sum of Margin" calculated field
Range("B3").Delete
Not sure why this works, but I'm glad we at least have this to work with!
Fortunately there is a very easy way to hide a datafield. You were all wrong mistakeing pivotfields with datafields. I'm presenting a piece of code that empties a pivot table no matter how many pivot fields/data fields were initially in the pivot :
Sub Macro1()
Dim p As PivotTable
Dim f As PivotField
Set p = ActiveSheet.PivotTables(1)
For Each f In p.PivotFields
If f.Orientation <> xlHidden Then
f.Orientation = xlHidden
End If
Next f
For Each f In p.DataFields
If f.Orientation <> xlHidden Then
f.Orientation = xlHidden
End If
Next f
End Sub
Have you changed the name of the calculated field? Was it originally 'Sum of MyField'? Try looking at the SourceName property and if it's different using that.
Have you tried pt.CalculatedFields("MyField").Orientation = xlHidden ?
I know it is kind of late, but i see that this problem has not been answered confidently yet and i was facing the same problem having hard time to find useful info. So, i hope this post may help somebody...
If you have your data stored in data model, then instead of PivotFields, use CubeFields .
I had the same problem and i experimented with a simple workbook which did not had a data model and my code worked perfectly (using PivotFields).
It only returned error in the workbook with the data model.
So, i made this change and boom! it worked!
My suggestion is to use the following code:
Sub PrRemove()
'remove PR
Dim pt As PivotTable
Set pt = ActiveSheet.PivotTables("MyPivot")
pt.CubeFields("MyField").Orientation = xlHidden '<- here is the error
End Sub
Thanks to #user4709164 answer i got this code, its working perfectly for me:
my pivot columns all ends with X or Y to indicate axis so i use the last char for field caption.
Public Sub PivotFieldsChange()
Dim ValType As String, param As String
Dim pf As PivotField
Dim pt As PivotTable
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Sheet = "mysheet"
'select between % calculated column or normal column
If Range("Z1").Value = 1 Then
ValType = "%"
Else: ValType = ""
End If
Application.EnableEvents = False
For Each pt In Sheets(Sheet).PivotTables
Select Case pt.Name
Case "case1": param = "param1"
Case "case2": param = "param2"
Case "case3": param = "param3"
Case Else: GoTo line1
End Select
pt.PivotFields("Values").PivotItems("X").Visible = False
pt.PivotFields("Values").PivotItems("Y").Visible = False
pt.PivotFields (param & ValType & "_X")
pt.PivotFields(param & ValType & "_X").Orientation = xlDataField
pt.PivotFields (param & ValType & "_Y")
pt.PivotFields(param & ValType & "_Y").Orientation = xlDataField
For Each pf In pt.DataFields
pf.Function = xlAverage
pf.Caption = Right(pf.Caption, 1)
Next
line1:
Next pt
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub