How to link Pivot Table filter to a certain cell in Excel?
If you want to link a Pivot Table filter to a certain cell, and make the Pivot Table filtered based on the cell value, the method in this article can help you.
Link Pivot Table filter to a certain cell with VBA code
Link Pivot Table filter to a certain cell with VBA code
The Pivot Table you will link its filter function to a cell value should include a filter field (the name of the filter field takes an important role in the following VBA code).
Take the below Pivot Table as an example, The filter field in the Pivot Table is called Category, and it includes two values “Expenses” and “Sales”. After linking the Pivot Table filter to a cell, the cell values you will apply to filter Pivot Table should be “Expenses” and “Sales”.
1. Please select the cell (here I select cell H6) you will link to Pivot Table’s filter function, and enter one of the filter values into the cell in advance.
2. Open the worksheet contains the Pivot Table you will link to cell. Right click the sheet tab and select View Code from the context menu. See screenshot:
3. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, copy below VBA code into the Code window.
VBA code: Link Pivot Table filter to a certain cell
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
'Update by Extendoffice 20180702
Dim xPTable As PivotTable
Dim xPFile As PivotField
Dim xStr As String
On Error Resume Next
If Intersect(Target, Range("H6")) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Set xPTable = Worksheets("Sheet1").PivotTables("PivotTable2")
Set xPFile = xPTable.PivotFields("Category")
xStr = Target.Text
xPFile.ClearAllFilters
xPFile.CurrentPage = xStr
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Notes:
4. Press the Alt + Q keys to close the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
Now the filter function of the Pivot Table is linked to cell H6.
Refresh the cell H6, then corresponding data in Pivot Table are filtered out based on the existing value. See screenshot:
When changing the cell value, the filtered data in the Pivot Table will be changed automatically. See screenshot:
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