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OLAP Get Pivot Data function vs. Non-OLAP Pivot tabel
Due to change in our Business Intelligence system I have to pull data into Excel files using OLAP. When I use the GetPivotData function the formulas are much more complicated. Here is an example of the new formula. If you are using OLAP pivots I am sure you will recognize how it is built.
=GETPIVOTDATA("[Measures].[Previous Day's Order Volume Tons]",Pivot!$A$1,"[3. Customer].[Sales Organization Desc]","[3. Customer].[Sales Organization Desc].&[Barilla USA FG sales]","[3. Customer].[Distribution Channel Desc]","[3. Customer].[Distribution Channel Desc].&[Modern Trade]","[2. Product].[International Category Desc]","[2. Product].[International Category Desc].&[DRY PASTA]","[2. Product].[Category Desc]","[2. Product].[Category Desc].&[DRY SEMOLINA PASTA]","[2. Product].[Sub brand Desc]","[2. Product].[Sub brand Desc].&[Whole Wheat]")
In the old way I was able to us the GetPivotData function to dynamically select data from the table. By dynamically I mean I could use a cell reference in the function to select the data. Below is an example. For instance, getting data for "Sales Organization" the reference is cell A12 where I store the name of the Sales Organization. I have been unsuccessful in trying to get the new OLAP GetPivotData function to recognize cell references as variables. HELP!!
=GETPIVOTDATA("Previous Day's Order Volume [Tons]",Pivot!$A$1,"Sales Organization",A12,"Distribution Channel",B12,"International Category",C12,"Category",$D12,"Subbrand",$E12)
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In general it works the same way, for example within cube formula instead of
,"[3. Customer].[Distribution Channel Desc]",you may use
,"[3. Customer].[" & B12 & "]",Another story with cube it's usually better to use combination of CUBEMEMBER/CUBEVALUE instead of GETPIVOTDATA
- Does the last bit at the end look correct because I am still getting a #REF.
=GETPIVOTDATA("[Measures].[Previous Day's Order Volume Tons]",$A$1,"[3. Customer].[Sales Organization Desc]","[3. Customer].[Sales Organization Desc].&[Barilla USA FG sales]","[3. Customer].[Distribution Channel Desc]","[3. Customer].[Distribution Channel Desc].&[Modern Trade]","[2. Product].[International Category Desc]","[2. Product].[International Category Desc].&[DRY PASTA]","[2. Product].[Category Desc]","[2. Product].[Category Desc].&[DRY SEMOLINA PASTA]","[2. Product].[Sub brand Desc]","[2. Product].[Sub brand Desc].[" & M150 & "]")In general formula shall work, here is the sample
You exact formula is
=GETPIVOTDATA( "[Measures].[Previous Day's Order Volume Tons]", $A$1, "[3. Customer].[Sales Organization Desc]", "[3. Customer].[Sales Organization Desc].&[Barilla USA FG sales]", "[3. Customer].[Distribution Channel Desc]", "[3. Customer].[Distribution Channel Desc].&[Modern Trade]", "[2. Product].[International Category Desc]", "[2. Product].[International Category Desc].&[DRY PASTA]", "[2. Product].[Category Desc]", "[2. Product].[Category Desc].&[DRY SEMOLINA PASTA]", "[2. Product].[Sub brand Desc]", "[2. Product].[Sub brand Desc].[" & M150 & "]" )it could give #REF! error if the value in M150 is not recognized for the cube.
