PivotField.ParentItems Property

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Returns an object that represents either a single PivotTable item (a PivotItem object) or a collection of all the items (a PivotItems object) that are group parents in the specified field. The specified field must be a group parent of another field. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.ParentItems(Index)

expression   A variable that represents a PivotField object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Index Optional Variant The number or name of the item to be returned (can be an array to specify more than one item).

Remarks
This property isn’t available for OLAP data sources.

Example

This example creates a list containing the names of all the items that are group parents in the field named "product".

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set nwSheet = Worksheets.Add
nwSheet.Activate
Set pvtTable = Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("A1").PivotTable
rw = 0
For Each pvtItem In pvtTable.PivotFields("product").ParentItems
    rw = rw + 1
    nwSheet.Cells(rw, 1).Value = pvtItem.Name
Next pvtItem

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