Microsoft KB Archive/119318

= Data Fields Not Included in PivotFields Collection =

Article ID: 119318

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q119318



SYMPTOMS
When you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that utilizes the PivotFields collection to return the fields in a PivotTable, the fields in the data area (DataFields object) are not returned.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the PivotFields collection does not contain the DataFields object or the fields that are in the data area. Data fields are created from pivot fields. For example, the data field "Sum of Profit" is created by dragging the pivot field "Profit" to the data area on the PivotTable in the PivotTable Wizard. Multiple data fields may be created from the same pivot field.



WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. To return only the data fields in a PivotTable, use the DataFields object as in the following example: Sub DisplayDataFields Dim x As Variant Dim Pivot1 As PivotTable Set Pivot1 = Worksheets(1).PivotTables("Pivot1") For Each x In Pivot1.DataFields 'Display pivot field name (name of field in table) MsgBox "Pivotfield Name is " & x.Name 'Display pivot field source name (name of field in original          'data) MsgBox "Pivotfield SourceName is " & x.SourceName Next End Sub To return the pivot fields that are visible in the PivotTable itself, use the VisibleFields property in place of the DataFields property as in the following line: For Each x In Pivot1.VisibleFields



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
You can use the SourceName property of the PivotField object to return the name of the pivot field as it appears in the original source data for the pivot table. The Name property of the PivotField object returns the name of the pivot field as it appears in the table.

