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Default How do I refresh Pivot Table from an external source ?

If your Pivot Table is based on an External Datasource,
the Pivot Play add-in (free), available at the below site
was designed to alter the source location and/or the query:

http://www.contextures.com/xlPivotPlay01.html

Does that help?
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Ron (XL2003, Win XP)
Microsoft MVP (Excel)





"fbagirov" wrote in message
...
I have a Pivot Table in the workbook A, and then a table in workbook B,
that
is updated once a month. I then make a Pivot Table in wbk B, based on the
base table, then copy the Pivot Table from wbk B to wbk A, replacing the
old
one in wbk A.
I need to be able to refresh PT in wbk A without replacing it, because
links
to many other tables in wbk A get lost.

I tried to go to :

Data Pivot Table and Pivot Charts Report hit Back twice Select
External Data source, hit Next Get Data Excel Files * select the
file
But I don't get the options to select the tables or the fields, moreover I
get an error something like "this is not an excel file" or "no tables were
found".

Please help! Thanks!