SourceData Property

Applies To

PivotCache object, PivotTable object.

Description

Returns the data source for the PivotTable, as shown in the following table. Read-only Variant.

Data source	Return value

Microsoft Excel list or database	The cell reference, as text.
External data source	An array. Each row consists of an SQL connection string with the remaining elements as the query string, broken down into 200-character segments.
Multiple consolidation ranges	A two-dimensional array. Each row consists of a reference and its associated page field items.
Another PivotTable	One of the above three kinds of information.

Example

Assume that you used an external data source to create a PivotTable on Sheet1. This example inserts the SQL connection string and query string into a new worksheet.

Set newSheet = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets.Add
sdArray = Worksheets("Sheet1").UsedRange.PivotTable.SourceData
For i = LBound(sdArray) To UBound(sdArray)
    newSheet.Cells(i, 1) = sdArray(i)
Next i