You can substitute the "a" in the formula like this:

'=GETPIVOTDATA($B$15,"Trainee[" & D2 & "] 'Test1' Level['2';Min]")

anna_717717 wrote:
Hi Shane
I tried this formula:
=GETPIVOTDATA("assessment2",$B$15,"Trainee",D2,"Pr ocess Skill",C2,"Level",B2)
but got a #ref error. The only explainations I could find for the error was
that when referencing to a specific cell that the formula excel will
automatically generate (=GETPIVOTDATA($B$15,"Trainee[a] 'Test1'
Level['2';Data,Min]") ) is wrong and has to be corrected to
=GETPIVOTDATA($B$15,"Trainee[a] 'Test1' Level['2';Min]")
Unfortunately I don't understand how I can change this formaula to reference
cells, for example rather than trainee 'a' it would call up whatever value
was is cell D2.

Thanks

"Shane Devenshire" wrote:


Apparently I don't follow your problem. A GETPIVOTDATA function will work
regardless of whether the subtotals are SUM or MIN.

And although I don't understand your question, if you have a formula like

=GETPIVOTDATA("Gross Sales",$G$3,"Region","East")

You can change the "Region" or "East" reference to a cell address, even one
that is not in the pivot table. However, to return any resonable result the
entries in those cells must match a field title.

=GETPIVOTDATA("Gross Sales",$G$3,A1,B1)

Is fine, and would return the same result if A1 contained the text Region
and B1 East.

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Shane Devenshire


"anna_717717" wrote:


Hi all, hope somebody can help me

I'm trying to get some data from a pivot table
When I was using automatic subtotals I was able to use the formula:
=GETPIVOTDATA("assessment2",$B$15,"Trainee",D2, "Process Skill",C2,"Level",B2)

When I changed to 'min' subtotals I got a #ref error and tried:
=GETPIVOTDATA($B$15,"Trainee[a] 'Test1' Level['2';Min]")
(where 'Test1' is a 'Process Skill')

Is it possible to modify this formula to include cell references (i.e. B2,
C2, and D2 as above)

Thanks



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