Get the Cell object by DisplayName of PivotField of PivotTable

Aspose.Cells for Node.js via C++ provides PivotTable.getCellByDisplayName(string) method which you can use to access the cell object by display name of pivot field. This method is useful when you want to highlight or format your pivot field header. This article explains how to retrieve the cell object by the display name of data field and then apply formatting to it.

How to Get the Cell object by DisplayName of PivotField of PivotTable

The following code accesses the first pivot table of the worksheet and then get cell by display name of second data field of the pivot table. It then changes the fill color and font color of the cell to light blue and black respectively. Below screenshots show how the pivot table looks before and after the execution of the code.

Pivot Table - Before

const AsposeCells = require("aspose.cells.node");

//For complete examples and data files, please go to https:# github.com/aspose-cells/Aspose.Cells-for-.NET
//The path to the documents directory.
var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir(".");
//Create workbook object from source excel file
var workbook = new AsposeCells.Workbook(dataDir + "source.xlsx");
//Access first worksheet
var worksheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
//Access first pivot table inside the worksheet
var pivotTable = worksheet.getPivotTables().get(0);
//Access cell by display name of 2nd data field of the pivot table
var cell = pivotTable.getCellByDisplayName(pivotTable.getDataFields().get(1).getDisplayName());
//Access cell style and set its fill color and font color
var style = cell.getStyle();
style.setForegroundColor(AsposeCells.Color.LightBlue);
style.getFont().setColor(AsposeCells.Color.Black);
//Set the style of the cell
pivotTable.format(cell.getRow(), cell.getColumn(), style);
//Save workbook
workbook.save(dataDir + "output_out.xlsx");

Pivot Table - After