Hi Dave

You can think of GetPivotData as being analogous to Index, Match but you
are giving it Fields to match against as opposed to ranges.

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Regards

Roger Govier


"Dave F" wrote in message
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Thanks--that's what I thought...

So it's fair to say that GETPIVOTDATA is dynamic, in the sense that
using it
with a pivot table whose data is refreshed will insure that
calculations
using the pviot table data are updated. Whereas a direct cell
reference will
not.

This answers a bunch of questions
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Brevity is the soul of wit.


"Bernie Deitrick" wrote:

Dave,

If you change the PT, GETPIVOTDATA will still retrieve the correct
data - your cell reference won't.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Dave F" wrote in message
...
Does anyone have an opinion about the utility of this function?
I've just
been handed a spreadsheet with a bunch of pivot tables, and a bunch
of
calculations which use the GETPIVOTDATA function.

My take is it's easier just to enter the cell reference of the
pivot table
value you want to use in a calculation. Am I missing something
here? What
are the advantages, if any, of the GETPIVOTDATA function?

Dave
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Brevity is the soul of wit.