Connection Property Example

This example creates a new PivotTable cache based on an OLAP provider, and then it creates a new PivotTable report based on the cache, at cell A3 on the active worksheet.

With ActiveWorkbook.PivotCaches.Add(SourceType:=xlExternal)
    .Connection = _
        "OLEDB;Provider=MSOLAP;Location=srvdata;Initial Catalog=National"
    .MaintainConnection = True
    .CreatePivotTable TableDestination:=Range("A3"), _
        TableName:= "PivotTable1"
End With
With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1")
    .SmallGrid = False
    .PivotCache.RefreshPeriod = 0
    With .CubeFields("[state]")
        .Orientation = xlColumnField
        .Position = 0
    End With
    With .CubeFields("[Measures].[Count Of au_id]")
        .Orientation = xlDataField
        .Position = 0
    End With
End With

This example supplies new ODBC connection information for the first query table on the first worksheet.

Worksheets(1).QueryTables(1) _
    .Connection:="ODBC;DSN=96SalesData;UID=Rep21;PWD=NUyHwYQI;"

This example specifies a text file.

Worksheets(1).QueryTables(1) _
    Connection := "TEXT;C:\My Documents\19980331.txt"