Thanks Bill. I realized the sa,pw after I sent the message. I'll fix it.
I recorded a macro and used the code, modified a bit because I'm using
VB.net and am referencing excel. So my code looks like the following... it
contains hard cell references, but that's ok for now. It worked up until the
last few lines that set up the grouping and that's when I get an errror
message about object not set. If I comment out the grouping lines it works
great.
xlBook.PivotCaches.Add(SourceType:=Excel.XlPivotTa bleSourceType.xlDatabase,
SourceData:= _
"Sheet1!R1C1:R37C4").CreatePivotTable(TableDestina tion:="",
TableName:= _
"PivotTable1")
xlBook.ActiveSheet.PivotTableWizard(TableDestinati on:=xlBook.ActiveSheet.Cells(3, 1))
xlBook.ActiveSheet.Cells(3, 1).Select()
xlBook.ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").Smal lGrid = False
With
xlBook.ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").Pivo tFields("ActualCase")
.Orientation = Excel.XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlRowField
.Position = 1
End With
With
xlBook.ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").Pivo tFields("ActualDate")
.Orientation = Excel.XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlColumnField
.Position = 1
End With
With
xlBook.ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").Pivo tFields("ActualComm")
.Orientation = Excel.XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlDataField
.Position = 1
End With
With
xlBook.ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").Pivo tFields("ActualAcctHandler")
.Orientation = Excel.XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlPageField
.Position = 1
End With
''''''' Here's where the trouble is ---
Dim array As Array
Dim xlrange As Excel.Range
xlrange = xlBook.ActiveSheet.range("B3")
xlrange.Group(Start:=True, End:=True, Periods:=array(False, _
,False, False, False, True, True, False))
"Jerry K via DotNetMonster.com" wrote:
I'm creating a pivot table using vb.net and the data is from sqlserver
(desktop). I have been successful at creating the pivot table, which includes
a 'date' column field. I'd like to group the date column field by months and
quarters, but can't come up with the correct code. Here is the code I've
written to create the pivot table. Any help to code grouping the date column
field would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jerry
Imports System
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.
EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'' COMs for excel and office references were added to project
Dim xlApp As Excel.Application
Dim xlBook As Excel.Workbook
Dim xlSheet As Excel.Worksheet
Dim xlSheets As Excel.Worksheets
Dim ConnectionString As String = _
"Server=jerry;" & _
"DataBase=CTS;" & _
"user ID=sa;password=ruth2jerry"
Dim ptSQL As String
ptSQL = "SELECT * FROM tblActualForecast2"
Dim cnSQL As SqlConnection
Dim cmSQL As SqlCommand
Dim drSQL As SqlDataReader
Dim dsSQL As DataSet
Dim Row As Integer
xlApp = CType(CreateObject("Excel.Application"), Excel.Application)
xlBook = CType(xlApp.Workbooks.Add, Excel.Workbook)
xlSheet = CType(xlBook.Worksheets(1), Excel.Worksheet)
xlApp.Visible = False
Try
cnSQL = New SqlConnection(ConnectionString)
cnSQL.Open()
cmSQL = New SqlCommand(ptSQL, cnSQL)
drSQL = cmSQL.ExecuteReader
xlSheet.Cells(1, 1).value = "ActualCase"
xlSheet.Cells(1, 2).value = "ActualDate"
xlSheet.Cells(1, 3).value = "ActualComm"
xlSheet.Cells(1, 4).value = "ActualAcctHandler"
Row = 2
While drSQL.Read
xlSheet.Cells(Row, 1).value = drSQL.Item("actualcase")
xlSheet.Cells(Row, 2).value = drSQL.Item("actualDate")
xlSheet.Cells(Row, 3).value = drSQL.Item("actualComm")
xlSheet.Cells(Row, 4).value = drSQL.Item("actualAcctHandler")
Row = Row + 1
End While
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
Finally
drSQL.Close()
cnSQL.Close()
cmSQL.Dispose()
cnSQL.Dispose()
End Try
xlSheet.Cells.EntireColumn.AutoFit()
Dim xllastcell As String
xllastcell = xlSheet.Cells.SpecialCells(Excel.XlCellType.
xlCellTypeLastCell).Address
xlApp.Sheets.Add.name = "CTS Pivot Table"
xlBook.ActiveSheet.PivotTableWizard(Excel.XlPivotT ableSourceType.
xlDatabase, xlSheet.Range("A1:" & xllastcell))
xlBook.ActiveSheet.PivotTables(1).PivotFields("act ualCase").
Orientation = Excel.XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlRowField
xlBook.ActiveSheet.PivotTables(1).PivotFields("act ualDate").
Orientation = Excel.XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlColumnField
xlBook.ActiveSheet.PivotTables(1).PivotFields("act ualComm").
Orientation = Excel.XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlDataField
xlBook.ActiveSheet.PivotTables(1).PivotFields("act ualAcctHandler").
Orientation = Excel.XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlPageField
' Get the last cell in the pivot table.
xllastcell = xlBook.ActiveSheet.Cells.SpecialCells(Excel.XlCell Type.
xlCellTypeLastCell).Address
' Set the number format for the data cells
xlBook.ActiveSheet.range("B5:" & xllastcell).numberformat = "$##,##0.
00"
'' Worth considering ---
xlApp.CommandBars("PivotTable").Visible = False
'''' Group the selection... ??
'''' Here's where I need to the help to group the date column..
xlBook.ActiveSheet.PivotTables(1).PivotFields("act ualcase").Subtotals
(1) = False
xlBook.ActiveSheet.Cells.EntireColumn.AutoFit()
xlApp.Visible = True
End Sub
End Class