Hi Sorry about coming back again, but I have a question about page fields.
Is it possible to make a multiple selection from a page field? And if so,
can it be done programatically? I know it can be done if the pivot is based
on an OLAP cube but it would be great if it could be done with a pivot based
on a data range.

Any help would be really welcome.

Thanks
--
Sharon

You can drag the page field temporarily to the Row area, select the
items you want, then drag it back to the Page area.
Or, double-click on the Page field button, and in the Hide Items list,
click on items to hide. Click on hidden items to show them again.

Sharon wrote:
Hi Sorry about coming back again, but I have a question about page fields.
Is it possible to make a multiple selection from a page field? And if so,
can it be done programatically? I know it can be done if the pivot is based
on an OLAP cube but it would be great if it could be done with a pivot based
on a data range.

Any help would be really welcome.

Thanks


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Debra Dalgleish
Contextures
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

Nope. You can not multi select unless the pivot is based on an OLAP cube. The
work around is to build a dynamic heirarchy structure into your source data.
It is a real pain to do though and requires refreshing the pivot each time
the hierarchy is changed...
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Sharon" wrote:

Hi Sorry about coming back again, but I have a question about page fields.
Is it possible to make a multiple selection from a page field? And if so,
can it be done programatically? I know it can be done if the pivot is based
on an OLAP cube but it would be great if it could be done with a pivot based
on a data range.

Any help would be really welcome.

Thanks
--
Sharon

Thanks a lot Debra and Jim - thought as much - no easy way to do it!!

Thanks again for taking the time to reply.

REgards
--
Sharon


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote:

Nope. You can not multi select unless the pivot is based on an OLAP cube. The
work around is to build a dynamic heirarchy structure into your source data.
It is a real pain to do though and requires refreshing the pivot each time
the hierarchy is changed...
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Sharon" wrote:

Hi Sorry about coming back again, but I have a question about page fields.
Is it possible to make a multiple selection from a page field? And if so,
can it be done programatically? I know it can be done if the pivot is based
on an OLAP cube but it would be great if it could be done with a pivot based
on a data range.

Any help would be really welcome.

Thanks
--
Sharon

what's not easy about Debra's method. I use it all the time.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Sharon" wrote:

Thanks a lot Debra and Jim - thought as much - no easy way to do it!!

Thanks again for taking the time to reply.

REgards
--
Sharon


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote:

Nope. You can not multi select unless the pivot is based on an OLAP cube. The
work around is to build a dynamic heirarchy structure into your source data.
It is a real pain to do though and requires refreshing the pivot each time
the hierarchy is changed...
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Sharon" wrote:

Hi Sorry about coming back again, but I have a question about page fields.
Is it possible to make a multiple selection from a page field? And if so,
can it be done programatically? I know it can be done if the pivot is based
on an OLAP cube but it would be great if it could be done with a pivot based
on a data range.

Any help would be really welcome.

Thanks
--
Sharon

I'm not sure about programatically doing this but there is a manual way
to do this. If you drag your page field down to the rows section as
the first field you can click the select arrow, check or uncheck the
items you want or don't want and then drag the field back up to the
page section. The pivot will now be based on your multiple
selections.


Sharon Wrote:
Hi Sorry about coming back again, but I have a question about page
fields.
Is it possible to make a multiple selection from a page field? And if
so,
can it be done programatically? I know it can be done if the pivot is
based
on an OLAP cube but it would be great if it could be done with a pivot
based
on a data range.

Any help would be really welcome.

Thanks
--
Sharon


--
Excelenator


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Oddly enough I agree with Tom. Debrah's method is very easy to do. I too use
that method all of the time. (I did not know that you could just double click
though. I always right clicked and selected Field Settings. You learn
something new every day.).

The method I described I implimented in that past (through code) to allow
selections more similar to the multi select from an OLAP cube as the users
wanted to be able to select and deselect blocks of members based on a
heirarchy structure. It is a pain to do but it works...
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

what's not easy about Debra's method. I use it all the time.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Sharon" wrote:

Thanks a lot Debra and Jim - thought as much - no easy way to do it!!

Thanks again for taking the time to reply.

REgards
--
Sharon


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote:

Nope. You can not multi select unless the pivot is based on an OLAP cube. The
work around is to build a dynamic heirarchy structure into your source data.
It is a real pain to do though and requires refreshing the pivot each time
the hierarchy is changed...
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Sharon" wrote:

Hi Sorry about coming back again, but I have a question about page fields.
Is it possible to make a multiple selection from a page field? And if so,
can it be done programatically? I know it can be done if the pivot is based
on an OLAP cube but it would be great if it could be done with a pivot based
on a data range.

Any help would be really welcome.

Thanks
--
Sharon

I meant the drag to a row field. I use that. I didn't know about the double
click. However, having tried it, I would have to say the answer to the OP's
original question is YES for manually.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote:

Oddly enough I agree with Tom. Debrah's method is very easy to do. I too use
that method all of the time. (I did not know that you could just double click
though. I always right clicked and selected Field Settings. You learn
something new every day.).

The method I described I implimented in that past (through code) to allow
selections more similar to the multi select from an OLAP cube as the users
wanted to be able to select and deselect blocks of members based on a
heirarchy structure. It is a pain to do but it works...
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

what's not easy about Debra's method. I use it all the time.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Sharon" wrote:

Thanks a lot Debra and Jim - thought as much - no easy way to do it!!

Thanks again for taking the time to reply.

REgards
--
Sharon


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote:

Nope. You can not multi select unless the pivot is based on an OLAP cube. The
work around is to build a dynamic heirarchy structure into your source data.
It is a real pain to do though and requires refreshing the pivot each time
the hierarchy is changed...
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Sharon" wrote:

Hi Sorry about coming back again, but I have a question about page fields.
Is it possible to make a multiple selection from a page field? And if so,
can it be done programatically? I know it can be done if the pivot is based
on an OLAP cube but it would be great if it could be done with a pivot based
on a data range.

Any help would be really welcome.

Thanks
--
Sharon

Hi All

I absolutely agree that Debra's way is really easy to do manually. However,
I needed to do it programatically so I have found that hiding unwanted items
is easier from a coding perspective.

Many thanks to you all for your help (again!!)
--
Sharon


"Excelenator" wrote:


I'm not sure about programatically doing this but there is a manual way
to do this. If you drag your page field down to the rows section as
the first field you can click the select arrow, check or uncheck the
items you want or don't want and then drag the field back up to the
page section. The pivot will now be based on your multiple
selections.


Sharon Wrote:
Hi Sorry about coming back again, but I have a question about page
fields.
Is it possible to make a multiple selection from a page field? And if
so,
can it be done programatically? I know it can be done if the pivot is
based
on an OLAP cube but it would be great if it could be done with a pivot
based
on a data range.

Any help would be really welcome.

Thanks
--
Sharon


--
Excelenator


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