CreateCubeFile Method

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CreateCubeFile Method

       

Creates a cube file from a PivotTable report connected to an Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) data source.

expression.CreateCubeFile(File, Measures, Levels, Members, Properties)

expression   Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

File  Required String. The name of the cube file to be created. It will overwrite the file if it already exists.

Measures  Optional Variant. An array of unique names of measures that are to be part of the slice.

Levels  Optional Variant. An array of strings. Each array item is a unique level name. It represents the lowest level of a hierarchy that is in the slice.

Members  Optional Variant. An array of string arrays. The elements correspond, in order, to the hierarchies represented in the Levels array. Each element is an array of string arrays that consists of the unique names of the top level members in the dimension that are to be included in the slice.

Properties  Optional Boolean. False results in no member properties being included in the slice. The default value is True.

Example

This example creates a cube file titled "CustomCubeFile" on drive C:\ with no member properties to be included in the slice. With the Measures, Levels, and Members arguments omitted from this example, the cube file will end up matching the view of the PivotTable report. This example assumes a PivotTable report connected to an OLAP data source exists on the active worksheet.

Sub UseCreateCubeFile()

    ActiveSheet.PivotTables(1).CreateCubeFile _
        File:="C:\CustomCubeFile", Properties:=False

End Sub