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PivotField.DataType property (Excel)

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Returns an XlPivotFieldDataType value that represents the type of data in the PivotTable field.

Syntax

expression.DataType

expression A variable that represents a PivotField object.

Example

This example displays the data type of the field named ORDER_DATE.

Set pvtTable = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A3").PivotTable 
Select Case pvtTable.PivotFields("ORDER_DATE").DataType 
 Case Is = xlText 
 MsgBox "The field contains text data" 
 Case Is = xlNumber 
 MsgBox "The field contains numeric data" 
 Case Is = xlDate 
 MsgBox "The field contains date data" 
End Select

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