ParentItems Property

Applies To

PivotField object.

Description

Returns an object that represents either a single pivot item (a PivotItem object, Syntax 1) or a collection of all the pivot items (a PivotItems object, Syntax 2) that are group parents in the specified field. The specified field must be a group parent of another field. Read-only.

Syntax 1

expression.ParentItems(Index)

Syntax 2

expression.ParentItems

expression Required. An expression that returns a PivotField object.

Index Optional Variant. The number or name of the pivot item to be returned (can be an array to specify more than one item).

See Also

ChildItems property, HiddenItems property, PivotItems method, VisibleItems property.

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