Filter Excel pivot table using VBA

Question

I have tried copying and pasting solutions from the internet forever now to try to filter a pivot table in Excel using VBA. The code below doesn't work.

Sub FilterPivotTable()
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable2").ManualUpdate = True
    ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable2").PivotFields("SavedFamilyCode").CurrentPage = "K123223"
    ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable2").ManualUpdate = False
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

I want to filter so I see all rows that have SavedFamilyCode K123223. I don't want to see any other rows in the pivot table. I want this to work regardless of the previous filters. I hope you can help me with this. Thanks!

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Based on your post I'm trying:

Sub FilterPivotField()
    Dim Field As PivotField
    Field = ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable2").PivotFields("SavedFamilyCode")
    Value = Range("$A$2")
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    With Field
        If .Orientation = xlPageField Then
            .CurrentPage = Value
        ElseIf .Orientation = xlRowField Or .Orientation = xlColumnField Then
            Dim i As Long
            On Error Resume Next ' Needed to avoid getting errors when manipulating fields that were deleted from the data source.
            ' Set first item to Visible to avoid getting no visible items while working
            .PivotItems(1).Visible = True
            For i = 2 To Field.PivotItems.Count
                If .PivotItems(i).Name = Value Then _
                    .PivotItems(i).Visible = True Else _
                    .PivotItems(i).Visible = False
            Next i
            If .PivotItems(1).Name = Value Then _
                .PivotItems(1).Visible = True Else _
                .PivotItems(1).Visible = False
        End If
    End With
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Unfortunately I get Run time error 91: Object variable or With block variable not set. What has caused this error?

Answer 1

Field.CurrentPage only works for Filter fields (also called page fields).
If you want to filter a row/column field, you have to cycle through the individual items, like so:

Sub FilterPivotField(Field As PivotField, Value)
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    With Field
        If .Orientation = xlPageField Then
            .CurrentPage = Value
        ElseIf .Orientation = xlRowField Or .Orientation = xlColumnField Then
            Dim i As Long
            On Error Resume Next ' Needed to avoid getting errors when manipulating PivotItems that were deleted from the data source.
            ' Set first item to Visible to avoid getting no visible items while working
            .PivotItems(1).Visible = True
            For i = 2 To Field.PivotItems.Count
                If .PivotItems(i).Name = Value Then _
                    .PivotItems(i).Visible = True Else _
                    .PivotItems(i).Visible = False
            Next i
            If .PivotItems(1).Name = Value Then _
                .PivotItems(1).Visible = True Else _
                .PivotItems(1).Visible = False
        End If
    End With
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Then, you would just call:

FilterPivotField ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable2").PivotFields("SavedFamilyCode"), "K123223"

Naturally, this gets slower the more there are individual different items in the field. You can also use SourceName instead of Name if that suits your needs better.