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PivotItem.ParentItem property (Excel)

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Returns a PivotItem object that represents the parent PivotTable item in the parent PivotField object (the field must be grouped so that it has a parent). Read-only.

Syntax

expression.ParentItem

expression A variable that represents a PivotItem object.

Remarks

This property isn't available for OLAP data sources.

Example

This example displays the name of the parent item for the item that contains the active cell.

Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate 
MsgBox "This item is a subitem of " & _ 
 ActiveCell.PivotItem.ParentItem.Name

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