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Pivot Table Will Not Update Properly
I have data created in PowerQuery that is connected to PowerPivot which generates PivotTable in my excel sheets. I have noticed that my pivot tables do not refresh with the most recent data once I: r...
I always had the exact same problem and finally found the solution, which appears to be embarrasingly simple.
Click Change Data Source. After updating my data (obviously) the data range has expanded! Select the data set again and voilà.
Hello Yemisi13, turning off background refresh will not fix an issue with the data source itself not being updated as you mentioned is happening in your situation. I would check the query that provides the data to your pivot table. When you open the Workbook Queries pane, or go into the Power Query Editor, does that query have errors? If so, they will need to be corrected. After fixing any query issues, I recommend running the VBA code I provided to make sure background refresh is turned off again for all your queries. I have found that Power Query often turns background refresh back on again when you touch a query.
Sawcy1
Sawcy1
- Yemisi13, it is a macro file so you need to have Excel open and use the VBA editor to see the code.
I am posting the code here for your convenience.
Sawcy1
Sub Set_Connection_Property_Disable_Background_Refresh()
Dim con As Object
For Each con In ActiveWorkbook.Connections
If con <> "ThisWorkbookDataModel" Then
With con
Debug.Print con.Name
If con.OLEDBConnection.BackgroundQuery = True Then
MsgBox "Background Refresh was on for " & con.Name & ". Turning off now."
End If
Debug.Print con.OLEDBConnection.BackgroundQuery
con.OLEDBConnection.BackgroundQuery = False
Debug.Print con.OLEDBConnection.BackgroundQuery
Debug.Print "-----------------------"
End With
End If
Next con
End Sub