Specifying the Absolute Position of the Pivot Item

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The following sample code creates a Pivot Table and then it specifies the Pivot Items positions in the same parent node. You can download the source Excel and output Excel files for your reference. If you open the output Excel file, you will see the Pivot Item “4H12” is at 0th position in parent “K11” and “DIF400” is at 3rd position. Similarly, CA32 is at position 1 and AAA3 is at position 2

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-cells/Aspose.Cells-for-.NET
// The path to the documents directory.
string dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
Workbook wb = new Workbook(dataDir + "source.xlsx");
Worksheet wsPivot = wb.Worksheets.Add("pvtNew Hardware");
Worksheet wsData = wb.Worksheets["New Hardware - Yearly"];
// Get the pivottables collection for the pivot sheet
PivotTableCollection pivotTables = wsPivot.PivotTables;
// Add PivotTable to the worksheet
int index = pivotTables.Add("='New Hardware - Yearly'!A1:D621", "A3", "HWCounts_PivotTable");
// Get the PivotTable object
PivotTable pvtTable = pivotTables[index];
// Add vendor row field
pvtTable.AddFieldToArea(PivotFieldType.Row, "Vendor");
// Add item row field
pvtTable.AddFieldToArea(PivotFieldType.Row, "Item");
// Add data field
pvtTable.AddFieldToArea(PivotFieldType.Data, "2014");
// Turn off the subtotals for the vendor row field
PivotField pivotField = pvtTable.RowFields["Vendor"];
pivotField.SetSubtotals(PivotFieldSubtotalType.None, true);
// Turn off grand total
pvtTable.ColumnGrand = false;
/*
* Please call the PivotTable.RefreshData() and PivotTable.CalculateData()
* before using PivotItem.Position,
* PivotItem.PositionInSameParentNode and PivotItem.Move(int count, bool isSameParent).
*/
pvtTable.RefreshData();
pvtTable.CalculateData();
pvtTable.RowFields["Item"].PivotItems["4H12"].PositionInSameParentNode = 0;
pvtTable.RowFields["Item"].PivotItems["DIF400"].PositionInSameParentNode = 3;
/*
* As a result of using PivotItem.PositionInSameParentNode,
* it will change the original sort sequence.
* So when you use PivotItem.PositionInSameParentNode in another parent node.
* You need call the method named "CalculateData" again.
*/
pvtTable.CalculateData();
pvtTable.RowFields["Item"].PivotItems["CA32"].PositionInSameParentNode = 1;
pvtTable.RowFields["Item"].PivotItems["AAA3"].PositionInSameParentNode = 2;
// Save file
wb.Save(dataDir + "output_out.xlsx");