you could create a macro like this that will uprotect then refresh then
protect sheet
without a password
Sub refresh()
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
ActiveWorkbook.RefreshAll
ActiveSheet.Protect
End Sub

"Yazan Barakat" wrote:

i have an excel sheet that contains a pivot table that i would like to
protect to avoid selecting locked cells but when i do so i can not refresh
the data of the pivot table!!!
What shall i do