Specifying the Absolute Position of the Pivot Item

Sometimes, a user needs to specify the absolute position of the pivot items. Aspose.Cells for Node.js via C++ API has exposed a few new properties and a method to meet the user’s requirements.

• Added the PivotItem.setPosition property, which can be used to specify the position index among all the PivotItems regardless of the parent node. Added the PivotItem.setPositionInSameParentNode property, which can be used to specify the position index among the PivotItems under the same parent node.
• Added the PivotItem.move method in order to move the item up or down based on the count value, where count is the number of positions to move the PivotItem up or down. If the count value is less than zero, the item will be moved up, whereas if the count value is larger than zero, the PivotItem will move down. The Boolean‑type isSameParent parameter specifies whether the moving operation has to be performed in the same parent node or not.
• The PivotItem.move(int count) method is obsolete; therefore, it is suggested to use the newly added method PivotItem.move(number, boolean) instead.

The following sample code creates a Pivot Table and then 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 that the Pivot Item “4H12” is at the 0th position in parent “K11”, and “DIF400” is at the 3rd position. Similarly, CA32 is at position 1 and AAA3 is at position 2.

Please note, it is necessary to call the PivotTable.RefreshData and PivotTable.CalculateData methods before using PivotItem.setPosition, PivotItem.setPositionInSameParentNode properties and PivotItem.move method.