MaintainConnection Property

True if the connection to the specified data source is maintained after the refresh and until the workbook is closed. The default value is True. Read/write Boolean.

Remarks

You can set the MaintainConnection property only if the QueryType property of the query table or PivotTable cache is set to xlOLEDBQuery.

If you anticipate frequent queries to a server, setting this property to True might improve performance by reducing reconnection time. Setting the property to False causes an open connection to be closed.

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. The example terminates the connection after the initial refresh.

With ActiveWorkbook.PivotCaches.Add(SourceType:=xlExternal)
    .Connection = _
        "OLEDB;Provider=MSOLAP;Location=srvdata;Initial Catalog=National"
    .MaintainConnection = False
    .CreatePivotTable TableDestination:=Range("A3"), _
        TableName:= "PivotTable1"
End With
With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1")
    .SmallGrid = False
    .PivotCache.RefreshPeriod = 0
    With .CubeFields("[state]")
        .Orientation = xlColumnField
        .Position = 0
    End With
    With .CubeFields("[Measures].[Count Of au_id]")
        .Orientation = xlDataField
        .Position = 0
    End With
End With