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Other PivotTable properties - friendly error on value, empty value
Step 4. Add PivotTableFields
Next, add PivotTableFields to the PivotTable. There are four types of PivotTableField: DataFields, RowLabels, ColumnLabels, and PageFields (or report filters). The Pivot field properties are available for all four types of PivotTableField, however some properties will not have an affect, depending on the type of field. These properties can be read and written to, but they will be ignored by Excel.
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