Finds a member, given a reference to the member. Returns a PivotMember object.
expression.FindMember(NameOrPath, Format)
expression Required. An expression that returns a PivotFieldSet object.
NameOrPath Required Variant. A variable or string that contains a reference to the member to find.
Format Optional PivotMemberFindFormatEnum . Indicates the format used for the Path argument.
| PivotMemberFindFormatEnum can be one of these PivotMemberFindFormatEnum constants. |
| plFindFormatMember Not supported for this property. |
| plFindFormatPathHex Not supported for this property. |
| plFindFormatPathInt Not supported for this property. |
| plFindFormatPathName Member reference is a unique name or can be a name if unambiguous. For example, "[USA].[Oregon].[Portland]". |
FindMember property as it applies to the PivotAxisMember, PivotColumnMember, PivotMember, PivotPageMember, and PivotRowMember objects.Finds a member, given a reference to the member. Returns a PivotMember object.
expression.FindMember(Path, Format)
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects.
Path Required String. A variable or string that contains a reference to the member to find.
Format Required PivotMemberFindFormatEnum . Indicates the format used for the Path argument.
| PivotMemberFindFormatEnum can be one of these PivotMemberFindFormatEnum constants. |
| plFindFormatMember Not supported for this property. |
| plFindFormatPathHex Not supported for this property. |
| plFindFormatPathInt Member reference is a path of indexes. For example, "1\0\5\1". |
| plFindFormatPathName Member reference is a unique name or can be a name if unambiguous. For example, "[USA].[Oregon].[Portland]". |
Remarks
If the requested member is not found, a PivotMember object with the IsValid property set to False is returned. This allows you to refer to a member that might later be added to the schema.
Example
This example attempts to find a specific warehouse in the Warehouse field set. The user is alerted if the specified warehouse is not found.
Sub FindWarehouse()
Dim ptView
Dim ptConstants
Dim fsWarehouse
Dim pmFound
Set ptConstants = PivotTable1.Constants
' Set a variable to the active view.
Set ptView = PivotTable1.ActiveView
' Set a variable to the Warehouse field set.
Set fsWarehouse = ptView.FieldSets("Warehouse")
' Set a variable to the results of the FindMember property.
Set pmFound = fsWarehouse.FindMember("Quality Distribution, Inc.", ptConstants.plFindFormatMember)
' Check to see if the member was found.
If pmFound.IsValid = False Then
' Alert the user if the member was not found.
MsgBox "The specified member does not exist."
End If
End Sub