ok i got the code to look a little cleaner.. it is still not working
but it is a lot cleaner

mybook.Worksheets("Product Breakout").Range("A" & i).Value = _
"=GETPIVOTDATA(""YTD Total Units"",[PERSONAL.XLSB]unitqty!
R3C1,""SIEBELLINKID"",personal.xlsb!NumberIt('Reve nue & Product Data'!
A1,""CU_CODE," & Range("A" & i).Value)""


On Apr 19, 3:48 pm, mithu wrote:
hello.. i am writing code that allows a worksheet to access data from
a pivot table in my personal.xlsb workbook. i pass in a workbook to
this function.

the cells i am trying to enter this quoted getpivotdata formuls start
in e20 and go to e60.

i made a variable called i to reperesent the row number

this is my code

Dim i As Integer
i = 20
Do

mybook.Worksheets("Product Breakout").Range("E"&i).Value =
"=GETPIVOTDATA(" & "YTD Total Units" & ",[PERSONAL.XLSB]unitqty!$A
$3,"
& "SIEBELLINKID" & ",personal.xlsb!NumberIt('Revenue & Product Data'!
A1)," & "CU_CODE" & ",range(A" & i&").value)"

i = i + 1
Loop While i < 61

the personal.xlsb!NumberIt('Revenue & Product Data'! A1) code just
extracts the company id number from cell a1 of the 'revenue & Product
data' sheet.

the part of the code that says range(A"&i&").value pulls the value of
column A for which ever row the counter is in. can someone help me
fix this please