expression.CreatePivotTable(TableDestination, TableName, ReadData, DefaultVersion)
expression An expression that returns a PivotCache object.
TableDestination Required Variant. The cell in the upper-left corner of the PivotTable report’s destination range (the range on the worksheet where the resulting PivotTable report will be placed). The destination range must be on a worksheet in the workbook that contains the PivotCache object specified by expression .
TableName Optional Variant. The name of the new PivotTable report.
ReadData Optional Variant. True to create a PivotTable cache that contains all of the records from the external database; this cache can be very large. False to enable setting some of the fields as server-based page fields before the data is actually read.
DefaultVersion Optional Variant. The default version of the PivotTable report.
Remarks
For an alternative way to create a PivotTable report based on a PivotTable cache, see the Add method of the PivotTable object.
Example
This example creates a new PivotTable cache based on an OLAP provider, and then it creates a new PivotTable report based on the cache, at cell A3 on the active worksheet.
With ActiveWorkbook.PivotCaches.Add(SourceType:=xlExternal)
.Connection = _
"OLEDB;Provider=MSOLAP;Location=srvdata;Initial Catalog=National"
.CommandType = xlCmdCube
.CommandText = Array("Sales")
.MaintainConnection = True
.CreatePivotTable TableDestination:=Range("A3"), _
TableName:= "PivotTable1"
End With
With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1")
.SmallGrid = False
.PivotCache.RefreshPeriod = 0
With .CubeFields("[state]")
.Orientation = xlColumnField
.Position = 1
End With
With .CubeFields("[Measures].[Count Of au_id]")
.Orientation = xlDataField
.Position = 1
End With
End With
This example creates a new PivotTable cache using an ADO connection to Microsoft Jet, and then it creates a new PivotTable report based on the cache, at cell A3 on the active worksheet.
Dim cnnConn As ADODB.Connection
Dim rstRecordset As ADODB.Recordset
Dim cmdCommand As ADODB.Command
' Open the connection.
Set cnnConn = New ADODB.Connection
With cnnConn
.ConnectionString = _
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
.Open "C:\perfdate\record.mdb"
End With
' Set the command text.
Set cmdCommand = New ADODB.Command
Set cmdCommand.ActiveConnection = cnnConn
With cmdCommand
.CommandText = "Select Speed, Pressure, Time From DynoRun"
.CommandType = adCmdText
.Execute
End With
' Open the recordset.
Set rstRecordset = New ADODB.Recordset
Set rstRecordset.ActiveConnection = cnnConn
rstRecordset.Open cmdCommand
' Create a PivotTable cache and report.
Set objPivotCache = ActiveWorkbook.PivotCaches.Add( _
SourceType:=xlExternal)
Set objPivotCache.Recordset = rstRecordset
With objPivotCache
.CreatePivotTable TableDestination:=Range("A3"), _
TableName:="Performance"
End With
With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("Performance")
.SmallGrid = False
With .PivotFields("Pressure")
.Orientation = xlRowField
.Position = 1
End With
With .PivotFields("Speed")
.Orientation = xlColumnField
.Position = 1
End With
With .PivotFields("Time")
.Orientation = xlDataField
.Position = 1
End With
End With
' Close the connections and clean up.
cnnConn.Close
Set cmdCommand = Nothing
Set rstRecordSet = Nothing
Set cnnConn = Nothing