I have four sheets with a lot of pivot tables on each and my problem is that whenever I hit Refresh the formatting of the pivot tables is always changing. It seems that this is something of an issue in Excel 2010 and that they only way to truly get around it is to re-format the pivot tables upon refresh with VBA code.
Any resource or thread I can use to learn the commands to format the pivot tables?
I am getting better with VBA code but seems to always get stuck on trying new things because I do not know the commands.
it's possible to set up conditional formatting to compare values between two identically-formatted (i.e. same row and column) pivot tables?
I have two pivots from two different sources and I want to be able to visually identify discrepancies between the two. Both have dates as the row labels (same date range) and categories as column labels (some categories may not necessarily be present on both pivots but the format of the labels - i.e., the names of the categories - is consistent where there is overlap)
I've tried doing this with 'traditional' CF but whenever I manipulate the pivots (i.e. by selecting / deselecting an item in a report filter), the movement of the columns trashes the formatting and I have to set it all up again.
Figured, given the structure of the tables is essentially the same, there might be a smarter way of doing it (by referencing the pivot fields in some way)
I have a pivot table in the first sheet which includes the field "Date" as a column label.
In the remaining sheets, except for one, there are pivot tables based on the same underlying dataset which also include the field "Date" as a column label.
I would like to adjust the selection (i.e., exclude some dates) from the column label in the first sheet and see if it is possible to make the same adjustments automatically to the pivot tables in the remaining sheets as well.
note that the field "Date" is used as a Column label, i.e., it is not a Report filter.
I have a single workbook with multiple worksheets. Each worksheet has a different pivot table displaying a different view of the data. Each pivot table uses the same source data at worksheet1.
Each week i add new data to the end of the source data, which means that I need change the source data reference separately in each pivot table to update each pivot table view to include the new data. This is laborious as there are quite a few pivot tables.
Was wondering if there is some way of changing the pivot table source data reference on all pivot tables at the same time.
I currently have several pivot table that's linked to a single pivot table(let's call it X) in the same workbook. I'm doing this to limit the file size because the data in X comes from a text file that has millions of lines. However, it's such a pain every time I need to update the tables because simply clicking "refresh" does not update those tables that are linked to X with new data. I would have to instruct the wizard in every linked table to point to X every time. I'm trying to write a small program to re-point to X for each of those other pivot tables whenever i refresh data. However, after trying to record the steps to do this I'm still unable to run these
I have 12 months worth of data in twelve separate workbooks each with a pivot table, I have copy/moved the pivot table tab from each into one workbook so now I have a workbook that consists of 12 tabs each with a pivot table. What I would like to be able to do is create a summary table with the full years data; where I am running into problems is that each months table has slightly different row and column counts and labels making any formula like =sum([sheet 1 cell a1]+[sheet 2 cell a1]) problematic.
I've got 4 pivot tables (all derived from the same base data) on 4 separate worksheets. I've been able to (with this help of this site) to use VBA to hide pivot items on all of these sheets using a list on a user form. Hide/Show Pivot Table Field Items. Hide Pivot Table Fields Pivot Items by Criteria
I now need to be able to show all the pivot items on only 3 of the 4 pivot tables, with the 4th pivot table being left untouched. For ease assume that my sheets are sheet1, sheet2, sheet3, and sheet4. The tables I wish to update are on sheet2, sheet3 and sheet4. The pivot table on each sheet is called "PivotTable4" and the pivot item is called "Business". The pivot item contains 12 business names (Business1, Business2 etc etc)
Is there an easy way of doing this? I've spent the day looking through the internet and various "Dummies" books but with little success, I fear that I'm obviously below even Dummy level
I have a 8 pivottables with a graph for each. is there a way that i can have a dropdown menu to select which graph to display instead of having all these graphs everywhere....
I have an issue with printing a worksheet with a pivot table. When refreshing the table, depending on the filter choices, the table length with expand and contract. When the pivot table contracts, it leaves a light blue shaded area. If you try to print the worksheet it includes the blue section. Is there a print macro that can be written that will only print the sections with values or perhaps a print setting that would exclude the shaded area?
When in a worksheet and clicking in the pivot table results, the pivot tables no longer display.
I did have a reinstall of Office last week but can't see how that would have impacted this. Otherwise, I only use the pivot table command to 'refresh all'.
I know very little about them and didn't create this workbook.
I do add entries to the source data and have tried to change source data but I get Reference is not valid.
When I run pivot tables, the row label descriptions are only displayed at the highest level for each category. As displayed below the highest level on the row label is MOB and is only detailed in the first row. I need for each of the different row label levels to display the data so there are no blank cells.
I'm trying to sync a common field in two different pivot tables.
I have 2 pivot tables on a single worksheet. Each table has its own data source - 2 different databases (had to set it up that way to present all the data requested).
The 2 data sources have one column of data in common. This column is called Projects and all project names are the same in both databases.
BUT...
Pivot Table 1: Projects is in the ROW area (multi-select dropdown)
Pivot Table 2: Projects is in the PAGE area (single select drop-down)
I would like to link the Projects data items so that when I select a project name in the Combo box, the same project name would seamlessly be selected in both tables.
Each table would populate with its own data based on the project selected.
Basically, I'd like to use the method illustrated in this Flash file: [url]
This method would have worked beautifully if it weren't for this reason:
Table 1: Project data is in the PAGE field (single selection)
Table 2: Project data is in the ROW field (multi-selection)
If the Projects data was in the PAGE field in both tables, my code would look like this:
I have several pivot tables that need to be re-linked to an Access database (really change the link to a different month's data). Currently, I do this manually, but I was hoping to write a macro to do this. Data is saved by month so I can't just create a "current" file as to not change the links each time. I can only get code to work for the refresh portion.
I am working with VBA to create a pivot table, and have done just fine so far. However, I need to create a two buttons that will run the following macros: 1. A macro that will remove the selected header (either row or column) from the pivot table.
2. A macro that will put the removed header back into the pivot table.
I need to be able to click on the header (whether its the row or column header) and then press the button to remove it from the table. The second button should then add that header back into the table. My code for creating the table is fine, I just need to work out the buttons. Below is what I have so far. I was think that if I had variable for the header name it would be able to tell which header to remove (so I used Set iField = ActiveCell.Value), I also tried ActiveCell.Text. All I need to do is put the text in the selected field into the PivotFields range to make it hidden. However, I keep getting an error (Compile Error: Object Required) on the line Set iField = ActiveCell.Value. Below is my current code.
I wonder if it is possible to make calculations between two pivot tables which have the same number of columns and rows and put the outcomes in a third pivot. For example Pivot 1 contains revenue data, Pivot 2 contains cost data and Pivot 3 provides the calculated outcome of revenues minus costs.
Is it possible for me to compare two pivot tables and get a report. in the attached example, is it possible to compare sheet1 and sheet 2, if the values haven't changed, then it should be green, or it should be red.
I read in your "best Practice..." sticked above that it's better to use Pivot tables then multiplied criteria SUMPRODUCTs (or array formulas). i agreed with it because i found it took long time to recalculate the sheet. do you suggest it refering the new SUMIFS formula?. i found that a SUMIFS that refers to Tables can be replacement for GETPIVOTDATA. In my sheet there are several dozens of GETPIVOTDATA.
How can I format a Pivot Table with 5 levels. I try to use the "Design" but it only format the first 2 levels of the Pivot Table. I need to distinguish each level with different colors. I think manually is a bit difficult.
Worksheet A - I've set up a dynamic range to display the last 12 row entries of 2 columns Worksheet B - pivot table of the range
The dynamic range is working perfectly, it displays the correct rows I can set up the data source once... the results on the pivot table display corectly
Problem When i press refresh, the data source "dissapears" and i have to rebuild the pivot table.
I have a pivot table i created to pull in data in a tabular format so i can have all of my data fileds listed in a columns. On another page I am doing a dashboard that is using Countifs to pull in data to my report. What I am running into is the countifs are only working when i filter my pivot table to a certain value that matches, otherwise it will not pull the counts in..
I have problems in linking my date picker to the pivot tables
For example: I have 6 pivot tables, all of it has date fields, and then I have a button that will show date picker to select start and end date. After I selected dates, I want to auto-filter the pivot tables using that selected dates.
i have a pivot table report filter that i cannot sort a-z. i've tried sorting the source data and also right clicking on the first value then choosing display a-z - neither work.
JAN FEB MARCH APRIL etc Shop 1 10 12 14 20 Shop 2 8 7 6 2 Shop 3 10 10 10 10 Shop 4 20 30 40 50
Although i can manually look at the sales figures and work out if they are buying less or more products i would like a a more automatic way of finding out if customers sales are going down on the up or staying constant. Does anymore have any ideas on how best to acheive this.
I have an Excel timesheet that the supervisor loads the time (in and out) for all the shop employees. These employees may work up to six different jobs in one day at various points throughout the day. I have no problem with calcs and formats on the daily time entry tab (sheet1). What I need is a way to track each job using a running total so that as the job is in progress we can see how we are doing against estimated hours. I thought perhaps I should at least make a weekly time summary pivot table thinking that it would make it easier to calculate, but it didn't help with running totals. The summary included (5) copies of the same daily entry tab (sheet1) just given a different name, in this case ..a simple date change and save the sheet with the date used. OK, here's the problem. How do I create a running total that would track each job? I forgot to mention earlier that each daily time entry sheet is saved and named by the date for which it represents. The weekly time summary pivot table works fine....but it only gives me the grand total of hours worked for each day...not a running total summary. I can view the pivot tables and go to the calcualtor and add the hours up per job, but that's defeating the purpose. Anyway, I hope this is clear enough to at least get some responses. Then, maybe by then I'll have a better understanding how to ask the right questions.
