it succeeds but i can't understand why !!!
thank you very much.

Ele.


"Eric Lecocq" wrote in message
...
I thought that specifying "" means a new sheet ?
I will try to create a new sheet and then create the pivottable.

Ele




"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
since you specify "" for the destination in each case, maybe this causes
a
conflict. Perhaps you need to actually specify a destination.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Eric Lecocq" wrote in message
...
the following code works perfect till thre comment pivot table 2
i receive an error invalid call or reference

can you help me ?

ele

Sub makepivot()
Dim wb1 As Workbook
Dim sht1, sht2 As Worksheet
Dim pc As PivotCache
Dim pt As PivotTable

Set wb1 = ActiveWorkbook
Set sht1 = wb1.Sheets(1)
sht1.Name = "Blue Planet"

Set pc = ActiveWorkbook.PivotCaches.Add(SourceType:=xlDatab ase, _
SourceData:="blue planet!A:N")

'
' Pivot table 1 (Per Code)
'
Application.StatusBar = "Creating First Pivot..."
pc.CreatePivotTable TableDestination:="", TableName:="PivotTable1"
With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1")
.ColumnGrand = False
.RowGrand = False
.SmallGrid = False
End With
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").AddFields
RowFields:=Array( _
"Sold-to Name", "Data"), ColumnFields:="Date",
PageFields:="Material"
With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").PivotFields ("Demand")
.Orientation = xlDataField
.Caption = "_Demand"
.Position = 1
.Function = xlSum
End With
With
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("pivottable1").PivotFields ("Allocation")
.Orientation = xlDataField
.Caption = "_Allocation"
.Function = xlSum
End With


ActiveSheet.PivotTables("pivottable1").PivotFields ("Material").CurrentPage
=
"3EC17385AA"

================================================== =============
'
' Pivot table 2 (Per Country)
'
Application.StatusBar = "Creating Second Pivot..."
pc.CreatePivotTable TableDestination:="", TableName:="pivottable2"
With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("pivottable2")
.ColumnGrand = False
.RowGrand = False
.SmallGrid = False
End With
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("pivottable2").AddFields
RowFields:=Array( _
"Material", "Data"), ColumnFields:="Date",
PageFields:="Sold-to
Name"
With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("pivottable2").PivotFields ("Demand")
.Orientation = xlDataField
.Caption = "_Demand"
.Position = 1
.Function = xlSum
End With
With
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("pivottable2").PivotFields ("Allocation")
.Orientation = xlDataField
.Caption = "_Allocation"
.Function = xlSum
End With
ActiveSheet.PivotTables("pivottable2").PivotFields ("Sold-to
Name").CurrentPage = "ALCATEL ITALIE SPA"
================================================== ===============

End Sub