PivotField.ParentItems property (Excel)

Returns an object that represents either a single PivotTable item (a PivotItem object) or a collection of all the items (a PivotItems object) that are group parents in the specified field. The specified field must be a group parent of another field. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.ParentItems (Index)

expression A variable that represents a PivotField object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
Index	Optional	Variant	The number or name of the item to be returned (can be an array to specify more than one item).

Remarks

This property isn't available for OLAP data sources.

Example

This example creates a list containing the names of all the items that are group parents in the field named Product.

Set nwSheet = Worksheets.Add 
nwSheet.Activate 
Set pvtTable = Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("A1").PivotTable 
rw = 0 
For Each pvtItem In pvtTable.PivotFields("product").ParentItems 
 rw = rw + 1 
 nwSheet.Cells(rw, 1).Value = pvtItem.Name 
Next pvtItem

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