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Peter
 
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Default Pivot and changing External data source

I have in Excel (2003) a Pivot table pointing at a Access database.

Now I have moved the Access database to a new location and want to point the
Pivot table to that path. When I refresh my Pivot table I am warned that the
original file does no longer exist and when I Click "OK" the Login dialogue
appear where I can select a new database. If I select the new location of the
database and finish this dialogue I still get an error message that Excel can
not find the mdb-file in the original location.

I have studied other related topics on this site and it is suggested that
the following VBA bit is executed:

Sub ChangeConn()

Dim qt As QueryTable
Dim Wsh As Worksheet
Dim OldLoc As String, OldPath As String
Dim NewLoc As String, NewPath As String
Dim LastSlash As Long
Const Ext As String = ".mdb"

OldLoc = "C:\TempX\Finance follow-up"
NewLoc = "C:\Access\Production\Finance follow-up"

LastSlash = InStrRev(OldLoc, "\", , vbTextCompare)
OldPath = Left(OldLoc, LastSlash - 1)

LastSlash = InStrRev(NewLoc, "\", , vbTextCompare)
NewPath = Left(NewLoc, LastSlash - 1)

For Each Wsh In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
For Each qt In Wsh.QueryTables
qt.Connection = Replace(qt.Connection, OldLoc & Ext, NewLoc &
Ext)
qt.CommandText = Replace(qt.CommandText, OldLoc, NewLoc)
qt.Connection = Replace(qt.Connection, OldPath, NewPath)
qt.Refresh
Next qt
Next Wsh

End Sub

I have tried this as well - unfortunately the result is the same. What can I
do to solve this problem - I would not like to have to re-design Pivot tables
in my Excel spreadsheet.

I appreciate any help on this issue.

Best regards
Peter
(Copenhagen)