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JP D
JP D

Reputation: 43

Type mismatch error when creating a pivot table in Excel with VBA

I'm trying to put a macro together that will make a simple pivot table using the data from an active worksheet. When I try to run it, I receive a type mismatch error. When I start the debugger, the first section is highlighted: ActiveWorkbook.PivotCaches through xlPivotTableVersion10. Initially, the TableDestination was blank and I thought that might be the problem, but after adding a destination I still get the same error.

ActiveWorkbook.PivotCaches.Add(SourceType:=xlDatabase, _
SourceData:=ActiveSheet.UsedRange).CreatePivotTable TableDestination:="Sheet1!R3C1", _
TableName:="PivotTable1", DefaultVersion:=xlPivotTableVersion10

ActiveSheet.PivotTableWizard TableDestination:=ActiveSheet.Cells(1, 1)

With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").PivotFields("Program Name")
    .Orientation = xlColumnField
    .Position = 1
End With
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").AddDataField ActiveSheet.PivotTables( _
    "PivotTable1").PivotFields("Dollars Awarded"), "Sum of Dollars Awarded", xlSum
With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").PivotFields("Dept Head")
    .Orientation = xlRowField
    .Position = 1
End With

Upvotes: 4

Views: 11052

Answers (1)

Tim Williams
Tim Williams

Reputation: 166126

This worked for me (XL2007):

Sub Tester()

    With ActiveWorkbook.PivotCaches.Add(SourceType:=xlDatabase, _
        SourceData:=ActiveSheet.UsedRange)

        .CreatePivotTable TableDestination:="Sheet1!R3C1", _
        TableName:="PivotTable1", DefaultVersion:=xlPivotTableVersion10

    End With

    With Sheet1.PivotTables("PivotTable1")
        .PivotFields("Dept Head").Orientation = xlColumnField
        .PivotFields("Program Name").Orientation = xlRowField
        .AddDataField .PivotFields("Cost"), "Sum of cost", xlSum
    End With

End Sub

Make sure you don't already have an existing conflicting pivot cache/table.

Upvotes: 2

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