Re: automatically update pivot tables when dynamic named range is expa

Roger Govier

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Nov 22, 2006, 7:24:55 PM11/22/06

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Hi Dave

You could add some simple event code to the sheet with your data table
something like

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Application.EnableEvents = False
If Target.Count > 1 Then GoTo endsub
If Target.Column <> 4 Then GoTo endsub
Sheets("Sheet4").PivotTables("PivotTable1").PivotCache.Refresh
endsub:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

Insert this in the code module of the sheet with your data.

Alter Target.Column <> 4 to the column number where the last entry of
the new row with your bank transaction occurs.

Change "Sheet4" to the sheet name holding your Pivot Table, and
"PivotTable1" to the name of your PT as shown in Table Properties for
the PT.
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Roger Govier

"Dave F" <Da...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a dynamic named range that is a data table of bank transactions.
>How
> can I have my pivot tables automatically update when I add data to the
> data
> table? I would prefer not to have to click the refresh data icon on
> the
> pivot table toolbar if possible.
>
> I'm not sure if it's relevant but here's the formula used for the
> dynamic
> named range: =OFFSET('Acct XXX'!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA('Acct XXX'!$A:$A),9)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
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> Brevity is the soul of wit.

Dave F

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Nov 22, 2006, 7:47:01 PM11/22/06

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Thanks.

This is the code I have, modified with the sheet name, column number, and
pivot table name. It doesn't seem to automatically refresh the pivot table,
though. Am I missing something here?

Option Explicit

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Application.EnableEvents = False
If Target.Count > 1 Then GoTo endsub

If Target.Column <> 9 Then GoTo endsub
Sheets("Acct").PivotTables("PivotTable2").PivotCache.Refresh

endsub:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

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Debra Dalgleish

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Nov 22, 2006, 8:32:00 PM11/22/06

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Did you add the code to the sheet module for the source data?

Roger's code refreshes the pivot table when you select a cell in column
9. Do you enter values in that column, or does it contain formulas, and
you skip past it?

Dave F wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> This is the code I have, modified with the sheet name, column number, and
> pivot table name. It doesn't seem to automatically refresh the pivot table,
> though. Am I missing something here?
>
> Option Explicit
>
> Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
> Application.EnableEvents = False
> If Target.Count > 1 Then GoTo endsub
> If Target.Column <> 9 Then GoTo endsub
> Sheets("Acct").PivotTables("PivotTable2").PivotCache.Refresh
> endsub:
> Application.EnableEvents = True
> End Sub

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Dave F

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Nov 22, 2006, 8:56:01 PM11/22/06

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Hi Debra,

I entered the code in a module. (Is a sheet module different than a plain
old module? I know class modules are a different beast entirely, and the
code is NOT in one of those.)

To answer your other question, here's how my data is laid out. Column A is
column 1, column I is column 9, and, reading from column A to column I i have
the following column headers: Trans#, Year, Month, Date, Category,
Description, Type, Amount, Balance.

So, column 9 is Balance. That is a formula. The only columns that are NOT
formulas are: Amount, Description, and Date. I suppose then that means that
Amount is the last piece of data I enter in a given row. Does that imply
that I should change

If Target.Column <> 9 Then GoTo endsub

to

If Target.Column <> 8 Then GoTo endsub

Thanks for any insight here.

Dave
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Dave F

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Nov 22, 2006, 8:59:01 PM11/22/06

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Well, I just figured it out. Turns out, Debra, you were right to ask me what
the last column I entered a value in is, as opposed to the last column that
calculates a value. Changing the 9 to an 8 fixed the problem.

Thanks to both of you. I'm not really sure what this code does, but it
works, so now the task for me is to figure it out.

Thanks again.

Dave
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Debra Dalgleish

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Nov 22, 2006, 9:03:16 PM11/22/06

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Yes, a sheet moduls is different. You can right-click on a sheet tab,
and choose View Code, then paste the code there.

If column 8 is the last column in which you enter data, you could change
the code to reference that column.

Or, add code to the pivot table sheet module, to refresh the pivot table
when you activate that sheet. For example:

Private Sub Worksheet_Activate()
Me.PivotTables(1).PivotCache.Refresh
End Sub

Dave F wrote:
> Hi Debra,
>
> I entered the code in a module. (Is a sheet module different than a plain
> old module? I know class modules are a different beast entirely, and the
> code is NOT in one of those.)
>
> To answer your other question, here's how my data is laid out. Column A is
> column 1, column I is column 9, and, reading from column A to column I i have
> the following column headers: Trans#, Year, Month, Date, Category,
> Description, Type, Amount, Balance.
>
> So, column 9 is Balance. That is a formula. The only columns that are NOT
> formulas are: Amount, Description, and Date. I suppose then that means that
> Amount is the last piece of data I enter in a given row. Does that imply
> that I should change
>
> If Target.Column <> 9 Then GoTo endsub
>
> to
>
> If Target.Column <> 8 Then GoTo endsub
>
> Thanks for any insight here.
>
> Dave

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Debra Dalgleish

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Nov 22, 2006, 9:10:39 PM11/22/06

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You're welcome, and thanks for posting back to say that you got it working.

Dave F wrote:
> Well, I just figured it out. Turns out, Debra, you were right to ask me what
> the last column I entered a value in is, as opposed to the last column that
> calculates a value. Changing the 9 to an 8 fixed the problem.
>
> Thanks to both of you. I'm not really sure what this code does, but it
> works, so now the task for me is to figure it out.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Dave

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Roger Govier

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Nov 23, 2006, 2:33:50 AM11/23/06

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Hi Deb

> Or, add code to the pivot table sheet module, to refresh the pivot
> table when you activate that sheet.

That's a much better idea as it would get triggered far less frequently,
and only when required..

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Roger Govier

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Roger Govier

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Nov 23, 2006, 2:44:31 AM11/23/06

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Hi Dave

My apologies for not being more specific in my post, regarding which
column to check - it has to be one in which you enter data, as opposed
to be a calculated column, for the Change event to trigger.
Luckily Debra was around after I had logged off last night, to sort
things out for you.

I hope you caught Debra's later post with here suggestion about using a
Sheet activate event on the PT report sheet instead. That is a far
better suggestion as it only gets triggered when you go to the PT sheet
to look at the result, and will not be triggered every time you enter a
new amount, (or change an amount), so it will be quicker.

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Roger Govier

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Dave F

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Nov 23, 2006, 8:51:02 AM11/23/06

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Roger--thanks again. As for changing the trigger to the PT sheet--the pivot
table and the data table are on the same sheet.

I haven't noticed any decreased speed, anyway. Perhaps if I start to have
thousands of transactions in the dynamic named range that the pivot table
uses, but now there are only 120 or so transactions.

But I'm also running this workbook in XL 2007 on a dual-core processor so I
think it will be a while before I run into performance issues.

Thanks again for the help.

Dave
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