How can I place my data fields beneath my row field in my PivotTable (Aspose Cells)? - pivot-table

Question

I have a PivotTable created with Excel Interop that places the data field values beneath the row field values, like so:
When I create the PivotTable with Aspose Cells, the data fields are 1:08 PM 11/18/2016in a column to the right, rather than in the same column and beneath the row values:
Here is the code I'm using to generate the PivotTable in Aspose Cells:
private void PopulatePivotTableSheet()
{
int DESCRIPTION_COLUMN = 1;
int MONTHYR_COLUMN = 3;
int TOTALQTY_COLUMN = 4;
int TOTALPRICE_COLUMN = 5;
int PERCENTOFTOTAL_COLUMN = 7;
int AVGPRICE_COLUMN = 10;
int COLUMNS_IN_DATA_SHEET = 11;
AddSheetHeadingSectionToPivotTableSheet();
Aspose.Cells.Pivot.PivotTableCollection pivotTables = pivotTableSheet.PivotTables;
int colcount = COLUMNS_IN_DATA_SHEET;
string lastColAsStr = ReportRunnerConstsAndUtils.GetExcelColumnName(colcount);
int rowcount = sourceDataSheet.Cells.Rows.Count;
string sourceDataArg = string.Format("sourceDataSheet!A1:{0}{1}", lastColAsStr, rowcount);
int index = pivotTableSheet.PivotTables.Add(sourceDataArg, "A6", "PivotTableSheet");
Aspose.Cells.Pivot.PivotTable pivotTable = pivotTables[index];
pivotTable.DisplayNullString = true;
pivotTable.NullString = "0";
// Dragging the first field to the row area.
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(Aspose.Cells.Pivot.PivotFieldType.Row, DESCRIPTION_COLUMN);
pivotTable.RowHeaderCaption = "Description";
// Dragging the second field to the column area.
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(Aspose.Cells.Pivot.PivotFieldType.Column, MONTHYR_COLUMN);
pivotTable.ColumnHeaderCaption = "Months";
// Dragging the third field to the data area.
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(Aspose.Cells.Pivot.PivotFieldType.Data, TOTALQTY_COLUMN);
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(Aspose.Cells.Pivot.PivotFieldType.Data, TOTALPRICE_COLUMN);
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(Aspose.Cells.Pivot.PivotFieldType.Data, AVGPRICE_COLUMN);
pivotTable.AddFieldToArea(Aspose.Cells.Pivot.PivotFieldType.Data, PERCENTOFTOTAL_COLUMN);
}
Here is the code I'm using to generate the PivotTable in Excel Interop:
private void PopulatePivotTableSheet()
{
var pch = _xlBook.PivotCaches();
int pivotDataRowsUsed = _xlBook.Worksheets["PivotData"].UsedRange.Rows.Count;
int pivotDataColsUsed = _xlBook.Worksheets["PivotData"].UsedRange.Columns.Count;
string lastColWrittenAsAlpha = ReportRunnerConstsAndUtils.GetExcelColumnName(pivotDataColsUsed);
string endRange = string.Format("{0}{1}", lastColWrittenAsAlpha, pivotDataRowsUsed);
Range sourceData = _xlBook.Worksheets["PivotData"].Range[string.Format("A1:{0}", endRange)];
PivotCache pc = pch.Create(XlPivotTableSourceType.xlDatabase, sourceData);
PivotTable pvt = pc.CreatePivotTable(_xlPivotTableSheet.Range["A6"], "PivotTable");
pvt.MergeLabels = true; // The only thing I noticed this doing was centering the heading labels
// Although somewhat confusing, these "error" settings actually prevent the "#DIV/0!" from displaying
pvt.ErrorString = "";
pvt.DisplayErrorString = true;
// This one converts what would otherwise be blank into "0" for ints and "$0" for decimal vals
pvt.NullString = "-";
var descField = pvt.PivotFields("Description");
descField.Orientation = XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlRowField;
var monthField = pvt.PivotFields("MonthYr");
monthField.Orientation = XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlColumnField;
monthField.NumberFormat = "MMM yy";
// This changes the label from "Column Labels"
pvt.CompactLayoutColumnHeader = "Months";
// This changes the label from "Row Labels"
pvt.CompactLayoutRowHeader = "Description";
pvt.AddDataField(pvt.PivotFields("TotalQty"), "Total Packages", XlConsolidationFunction.xlSum).NumberFormat = "###,##0";
pvt.AddDataField(pvt.PivotFields("TotalPrice"), "Total Purchases", XlConsolidationFunction.xlSum).NumberFormat = "$#,##0.00";
PivotField avg = pvt.CalculatedFields().Add("Average Price", "=TotalPrice/TotalQty", true);
avg.Orientation = XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlDataField;
avg.NumberFormat = "$###0.00";
// This looks wrong, but the value is calculated below
pvt.CalculatedFields()._Add("PercentOfTotal", "=TotalPrice");
pvt.AddDataField(pvt.PivotFields("PercentOfTotal"), "Percentage of Total", Type.Missing).NumberFormat = "###.##";
// These two lines don't seem that they would do so, but they do result in the items
// being sorted by (grand) total purchases descending
var fld = ((PivotField)pvt.PivotFields("Description"));
fld.AutoSort(2, "Total Purchases");
// This gets the Pivot Table to what it should be, appearance-wise...
pvt.DataPivotField.Orientation = XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlRowField;
// Add calculations to Percentage cells
int pivotDataSheetRowsUsed = _xlBook.Worksheets["PivotTable"].UsedRange.Rows.Count;
int pivotDataSheetColsUsed = _grandTotalsColumnPivotTable;
int FIRST_PERCENTAGE_ROW = 12;
int FIRST_PERCENTAGE_COL = 2;
int ROWS_BETWEEN_PERCENTAGES = 5;
int currentPercentageRow = FIRST_PERCENTAGE_ROW;
while (currentPercentageRow < pivotDataSheetRowsUsed)
{
for (int columnLoop = FIRST_PERCENTAGE_COL; columnLoop <= pivotDataSheetColsUsed; columnLoop++)
{
var prcntgCell = (Range)_xlPivotTableSheet.Cells[currentPercentageRow, columnLoop];
prcntgCell.NumberFormat = "##.#0%";
if (null == prcntgCell.Value2)
{
prcntgCell.Value2 = 0.0;
}
else
{
prcntgCell.PivotField.Calculation = XlPivotFieldCalculation.xlPercentOfColumn;
}
}
currentPercentageRow = currentPercentageRow + ROWS_BETWEEN_PERCENTAGES;
}
FormatPivotTable();
}
What do I need to change in my Aspose Cells code to shift the data fields (sans "Data" label) left and down? If this is the code in Excel Interop that does that:
pvt.DataPivotField.Orientation = XlPivotFieldOrientation.xlRowField;
...what is the Aspose Cells equivalent?

Answer 1

Please try one of these three things and see which one of it works for you.
//Your pivot table
PivotTable pt = .....
First
//To show pivot table in compact form
pt.ShowInCompactForm();
pt.RefreshData();
pt.CalculateData();
Second
//To show pivot table in outline form
pt.ShowInOutlineForm();
pt.RefreshData();
pt.CalculateData();
Third
//To show pivot table in tabular form
pt.ShowInTabularForm();
pt.RefreshData();
pt.CalculateData();
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