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    Return total in pivot table regardless of cell

    Hello,

    I have a pivot table which I am interested in filtering in several different ways. The table contains a category for AREA on the Y axis and BLOCKS on the X axis. When unfiltered the tables displays AREA 1,2, and 3 and has a full list of parts. I can then filter the table by AREA to look at one area specifically, and when I do the BLOCKS list shrinks to only those which correspond to that specific AREA.

    My problem is that I want to be able to reference on another sheet the value that corresponds to AREA 1 Total regardless of whether the table is filtered to only AREA 1 or if it is unfiltered. I cannot just reference the cell because AREA 1 Total is in a different cell when unfiltered then when filtered. Is there any way to do this?


    Thank you very much.
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    Re: Return total in pivot table regardless of cell

    Take a look at the GETPIVOTDATA function.

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    Re: Return total in pivot table regardless of cell

    Not sure what to enter for "Field" and "Item" in order to pull the total. First I would enter "AREA" and "1", but then how would I reference the total cell?

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    Re: Return total in pivot table regardless of cell

    The Excel Help file explains this pretty well. Take a look there.

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    Re: Return total in pivot table regardless of cell

    Thanks that does help, turns out I was not looking at the right thing anyways.

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    Re: Return total in pivot table regardless of cell

    Please post your solution so that others reading this thread will find their solution for a similar problem. Thanks!

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