GETPIVOTDATA

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Mon 3 Jul 2023, 14:35 Delegate Dan said...

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GETPIVOTDATA

When using =GETPIVOTDATA, I was wondering if there is a way to avoid manually putting data in each time?

The current way I am doing this is as below:
=GETPIVOTDATA("Value"$B$3,"Reference","ABC123")

I have a list of 43 of these references in a column ABC123, ABC124 for example from F2-F44. I was wondering if there was a way to get pivot data to identify =GETPIVOTDATA("Value"$B$3,Reference,"F2")?

Mon 3 Jul 2023, 17:29 Trainer Jens said...

RE: GETPIVOTDATA

Hi Dan,

Thank you for the forum question.

No GETPIVOTDATA are using absolute reference.

If you turn off GETPIVOTDATA you can work with relative references.

GETPIVOTDATA is an amazing function in some situations but a nightmare in other.

May I suggest that you turn off GETPIVOTDATA, and see if it solving your issue.

You can use the link below to a video, which explain how to do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F74aXn60cY

Kind regards

Jens Bonde
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