I am working on a script which selects only the needed slicer items. I tried using .SlicerItems.Selected = True / False
for selecting and deselecting but I am using an OLAP data source in which case .Selected
is read-only. The slicer items are in the format of YYYYWW so 7th week of 2018 would be 201807.
I recorded a macro selecting some slicer items and this is what it gave me:
Sub Macro2()
ActiveWorkbook.SlicerCaches("Slicer_YYYYWW").VisibleSlicerItemsList = Array( _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201726]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201727]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201728]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201729]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201730]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201731]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201732]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201733]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201734]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201735]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201736]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201737]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201738]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201739]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201740]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201741]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201742]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201743]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201744]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201745]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201746]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201747]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201748]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201749]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201750]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201751]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201801]", "[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201802]", _
"[Results].[YYYYWW].&[201803]")
End Sub
So I tried following this template and create an array like that. This is how far I have gotten:
Sub arrayTest()
Dim startDate As Long
Dim endDate As Long
Dim n As Long
Dim i As Long
Dim strN As String
Dim sl As SlicerItem
Dim strArr As Variant
Dim dur As Long
Dim result As String
endDate = Range("C17").Value ' endDate is the last SlicerItem to be selected
startDate = Range("G17").Value ' startDate is the first SlicerItem to be selected
dur = Range("C19").Value ' duration is the the number of SlicerItems to be selected
i = 0
ReDim strArr(dur) As Variant
With ActiveWorkbook.SlicerCaches("Slicer_YYYYWW")
' .ClearManualFilter
For n = startDate To endDate
strN = CStr(n) ' convert n to string
If n = 201753 Then ' this is needed for when the year changes
strN = CStr(201801)
n = 201801
End If
strArr(i) = """[Results].[YYYYWW].&[" & strN & "]""" ' write string into array
i = i + 1
' For Each sl In .SlicerCacheLevels(1).SlicerItems
' If sl.Name = strN Then
' sl.Selected = True
' Else
' sl.Selected = False ' this is read-only for OLAP data so it's not working
' End If
' Next
Next
MsgBox Join(strArr, ", ") ' the MsgBox returns the correct string to be applied to select the right slicer items
.VisibleSlicerItemsList = Join(strArr, ", ") ' Error 13: Type mismatch
End With
End Sub
Currently, the code gives Error 13: Type mismatch on .VisibleSlicerItemsList = Join(strArr, ", ")
, which is also commented. So I'm guessing that either dimensioning strArr as Variant is wrong, the data is not inserted correctly into strArr or it's just impossible to do it this way. In the case of the latest one, how should I do it?
The part commented out on lines 29-35 does not work as it gives the usual error of Application-defined or object-defined error (1004) on sl.Selected = False
.