Protection object: True if worksheet filtering is enabled for the specified PivotTable list. This property has no effect if the Protection object’s Enabled property is set to False. Read/write Boolean.
PivotTable object: True if the user can modify filters. The default value is True. Read/write Boolean.
When this property is set to False, the following conditions are true:
The AutoFilter command is disabled.
The Filter By Selection command is disabled.
The Move to Filter Area command is disabled.
The Move to Detail command is disabled if the selection is a field in the filter area.
All AutoFilter drop-down boxes are read-only. Note that the user can still view these boxes even though they are disabled.
You can still set filters programmatically.
Membership in the filter area is fixed; the user cannot drag a field to or from the filter area.