Custom sorting in Pivot Table

Custom sorting in Pivot Table

By using the Aspose.Cells API, you can sort Pivot Tables on field values. The following code snippet loads the sample excel file and adds three pivot tables. The first pivot table is without custom sorting, the second pivot table is sorted on “SeaFood” row field values and the third pivot table is sorted on “28/07/2000” column field values.

Sample source file and output files can be downloaded from here for testing the sample code:

Source Excel File

Output Excel File

Output PDF File

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-cells/Aspose.Cells-for-.NET
//Source directory
string sourceDir = RunExamples.Get_SourceDirectory();
string outputDir = RunExamples.Get_OutputDirectory();
Workbook wb = new Workbook(sourceDir + "SamplePivotSort.xlsx");
// Obtaining the reference of the newly added worksheet
Worksheet sheet = wb.Worksheets[0];
PivotTableCollection pivotTables = sheet.PivotTables;
// source PivotTable
// Adding a PivotTable to the worksheet
int index = pivotTables.Add("=Sheet1!A1:C10", "E3", "PivotTable2");
//Accessing the instance of the newly added PivotTable
PivotTable pivotTable = pivotTables[index];
// Unshowing grand totals for rows.
pivotTable.RowGrand = false;
pivotTable.ColumnGrand = false;
// Dragging the first field to the row area.
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(PivotFieldType.Row, 1);
PivotField rowField = pivotTable.RowFields[0];
rowField.IsAutoSort = true;
rowField.IsAscendSort = true;
// Dragging the second field to the column area.
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(PivotFieldType.Column, 0);
PivotField colField = pivotTable.ColumnFields[0];
colField.NumberFormat = "dd/mm/yyyy";
colField.IsAutoSort = true;
colField.IsAscendSort = true;
// Dragging the third field to the data area.
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(PivotFieldType.Data, 2);
pivotTable.RefreshData();
pivotTable.CalculateData();
// end of source PivotTable
// sort the PivotTable on "SeaFood" row field values
// Adding a PivotTable to the worksheet
index = pivotTables.Add("=Sheet1!A1:C10", "E10", "PivotTable2");
// Accessing the instance of the newly added PivotTable
pivotTable = pivotTables[index];
// Unshowing grand totals for rows.
pivotTable.RowGrand = false;
pivotTable.ColumnGrand = false;
// Dragging the first field to the row area.
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(PivotFieldType.Row, 1);
rowField = pivotTable.RowFields[0];
rowField.IsAutoSort = true;
rowField.IsAscendSort = true;
// Dragging the second field to the column area.
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(PivotFieldType.Column, 0);
colField = pivotTable.ColumnFields[0];
colField.NumberFormat = "dd/mm/yyyy";
colField.IsAutoSort = true;
colField.IsAscendSort = true;
colField.AutoSortField = 0;
//Dragging the third field to the data area.
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(PivotFieldType.Data, 2);
pivotTable.RefreshData();
pivotTable.CalculateData();
// end of sort the PivotTable on "SeaFood" row field values
// sort the PivotTable on "28/07/2000" column field values
// Adding a PivotTable to the worksheet
index = pivotTables.Add("=Sheet1!A1:C10", "E18", "PivotTable2");
// Accessing the instance of the newly added PivotTable
pivotTable = pivotTables[index];
// Unshowing grand totals for rows.
pivotTable.RowGrand = false;
pivotTable.ColumnGrand = false;
// Dragging the first field to the row area.
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(PivotFieldType.Row, 1);
rowField = pivotTable.RowFields[0];
rowField.IsAutoSort = true;
rowField.IsAscendSort = true;
rowField.AutoSortField = 0;
// Dragging the second field to the column area.
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(PivotFieldType.Column, 0);
colField = pivotTable.ColumnFields[0];
colField.NumberFormat = "dd/mm/yyyy";
colField.IsAutoSort = true;
colField.IsAscendSort = true;
// Dragging the third field to the data area.
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(PivotFieldType.Data, 2);
pivotTable.RefreshData();
pivotTable.CalculateData();
// end of sort the PivotTable on "28/07/2000" column field values
//Saving the Excel file
wb.Save(outputDir + "out_java.xlsx");
PdfSaveOptions options = new PdfSaveOptions();
options.OnePagePerSheet = true;
wb.Save(outputDir + "out_java.pdf", options);