I am trying to select multiple items from the drop down list in the page
field of my Pivot Table.

Instead of just the "show all" option - I'd like to be able to display the
checkboxes for selecting individual items in the drop down list.

The page field represents "Months" in the report and the file will be sent
to our customers - as a tool to help them track their sales. If possible I'd
like to avoid them having to go into the field settings and hide individual
months so that they can view a specific time period. I've tried rearranging
it, but it looks very sloppy any other way.

Any suggestions? Thanks-

Nate R.

You may be able to create a macro that creates your pivot table. Then in the
code, you could set a variable for the month or an input box to have the
month entered.

Something like this:
Dim wb as workbook
Dim curMnth as integer

'For setting the date, you can either create a msgbox to have the user enter
the date, or you can set the month in code. (This should only be used if you
are always going to run the report for the prior month.)

curMnth = inputbox("What month are the reports being run for?", msglbl,
vbokonly)
-- OR --
curMnth = Format(Date,"MM")-1
This will return the value for the previous month

With wb.PivotTables("PivotTable1").PivotFields("Date")
.Orientation = xlRowField
.Position = 1
.value = curMnth
End With

"Nate" wrote:

I am trying to select multiple items from the drop down list in the page
field of my Pivot Table.

Instead of just the "show all" option - I'd like to be able to display the
checkboxes for selecting individual items in the drop down list.

The page field represents "Months" in the report and the file will be sent
to our customers - as a tool to help them track their sales. If possible I'd
like to avoid them having to go into the field settings and hide individual
months so that they can view a specific time period. I've tried rearranging
it, but it looks very sloppy any other way.

Any suggestions? Thanks-

Nate R.

Hi Nate

In XL2007 there is the option to select Multiple items for a page field.
For earlier versions,
Drag the Months from Page field to Row field
Click the dropdown on Months, deselect All and make your Months selections
Drag the field back to Page, and it will Show (Multiple Items), and clicking
the dropdown only the Months you selected will be visible


--

Regards
Roger Govier

"Nate" wrote in message
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I am trying to select multiple items from the drop down list in the page
field of my Pivot Table.

Instead of just the "show all" option - I'd like to be able to display the
checkboxes for selecting individual items in the drop down list.

The page field represents "Months" in the report and the file will be sent
to our customers - as a tool to help them track their sales. If possible
I'd
like to avoid them having to go into the field settings and hide
individual
months so that they can view a specific time period. I've tried
rearranging
it, but it looks very sloppy any other way.

Any suggestions? Thanks-

Nate R.

Thanks for the suggestion. Sounds like it should work. I'll run it by my
boss to see if it's something we can use. Have a great Holiday!

"Roger Converse" wrote:

You may be able to create a macro that creates your pivot table. Then in the
code, you could set a variable for the month or an input box to have the
month entered.

Something like this:
Dim wb as workbook
Dim curMnth as integer

'For setting the date, you can either create a msgbox to have the user enter
the date, or you can set the month in code. (This should only be used if you
are always going to run the report for the prior month.)

curMnth = inputbox("What month are the reports being run for?", msglbl,
vbokonly)
-- OR --
curMnth = Format(Date,"MM")-1
This will return the value for the previous month

With wb.PivotTables("PivotTable1").PivotFields("Date")
.Orientation = xlRowField
.Position = 1
.value = curMnth
End With

"Nate" wrote:

I am trying to select multiple items from the drop down list in the page
field of my Pivot Table.

Instead of just the "show all" option - I'd like to be able to display the
checkboxes for selecting individual items in the drop down list.

The page field represents "Months" in the report and the file will be sent
to our customers - as a tool to help them track their sales. If possible I'd
like to avoid them having to go into the field settings and hide individual
months so that they can view a specific time period. I've tried rearranging
it, but it looks very sloppy any other way.

Any suggestions? Thanks-

Nate R.

Good to know that it won't be an issue in XL2007, and you're suggestion
sounds like it is the easiest way to accomplish what we want for the time
being. I appreciate the input. Have a great Holiday!

Nate

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi Nate

In XL2007 there is the option to select Multiple items for a page field.
For earlier versions,
Drag the Months from Page field to Row field
Click the dropdown on Months, deselect All and make your Months selections
Drag the field back to Page, and it will Show (Multiple Items), and clicking
the dropdown only the Months you selected will be visible


--

Regards
Roger Govier

"Nate" wrote in message
...
I am trying to select multiple items from the drop down list in the page
field of my Pivot Table.

Instead of just the "show all" option - I'd like to be able to display the
checkboxes for selecting individual items in the drop down list.

The page field represents "Months" in the report and the file will be sent
to our customers - as a tool to help them track their sales. If possible
I'd
like to avoid them having to go into the field settings and hide
individual
months so that they can view a specific time period. I've tried
rearranging
it, but it looks very sloppy any other way.

Any suggestions? Thanks-

Nate R.