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Wed 10 Feb 2016, 16:51 Delegate Andrew said...

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GetpivotData

Hi Jens,

As discussed is it quicker use Getpivotdata or choose/match/index.

Many thanks!
Andrew

Thu 11 Feb 2016, 09:31 Trainer Jens said...

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Hi Andrew,

Thank you for a very interesting forum question and thank you for open my eyes for some very nice options with GetPivotData.

The answer is not straight forward.

I found this answer from the link below:

"So to answer the question. Lookups by getpivotdata are about 10 times as fast as regular index-match lookup, but best performance improvement is achieved by sorting your source data. Sorting your source data could make your Index-Match lookup 400 times as fast."

http://superuser.com/questions/488938/excel-performance-lookup-vs-getpivotdata

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