VBA Filter error - excel

Question

I have a filter field called week_of_year (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8....), another pivot field year(2012,2013,2014), the vba code belows filter on the current week and year of 2014/2015 and hide everything else. But the problem is the code loops each record and runs slow when it comes to big pivot table. Im trying on a new code but encountering some error.
Sub datefilter()
Dim PvtTbl As PivotTable
Set PvtTbl = Worksheets("LO").PivotTables("PivotTable3")
Dim dd As Integer
dd = Format(Date, "ww")
Dim pf As PivotField
Dim pf1 As PivotField
Dim PI As PivotItem
Set pf =
Worksheets("LO").PivotTables("PivotTable3").PivotFields("week_of_year")
Set pf1 =
Worksheets("LO").PivotTables("PivotTable3").PivotFields("year")
PvtTbl.ClearAllFilters
For Each PI In pf.PivotItems
If PI.Name = CStr(dd) Then
PI.Visible = True
Else
PI.Visible = False
End If
Next
For Each PI In pf1.PivotItems
If PI.Name = "2014" Or PI.Name = "2015" Then
PI.Visible = True
Else
PI.Visible = False
End If
Next
End Sub
New code that I develop is:
Sub datefilter1()
Dim PvtTbl As PivotTable
Set PvtTbl = Worksheets("LO").PivotTables("PivotTable3")
Dim dd As Integer
dd = Format(Date, "ww")
Dim pf As PivotField
Set pf =
Worksheets("LO").PivotTables("PivotTable3").PivotFields("week_of_year")
pf.PivotFilters.Add2 xlValueEquals, 3
End Sub
The code failed at
pf.PivotFilters.Add2 xlValueEquals, CStr(dd)
I also tried:
pf.PivotFilters.Add2 Type:= xlValueEquals, Value1 := CStr(dd)
The error is Invalid procedure call or argument.Any idea How I can fix this error?????
Any faster way to filter on multiple filter criteria? Thanks!

Answer 1

If you only want to filter on one value, drag the field of interest to the Report Filter pane, then you can do this very quickly without looping using the following code:
Sub FilterOnWeek()
Dim pt As PivotTable
Dim pf As PivotField
Set pt = Worksheets("LO").PivotTables("PivotTable3")
Set pf = pt.PivotFields("week_of_year")
pf.CurrentPage = Format(Date, "ww")
End Sub
If for some reason this field absolutely must stay in the PivotTable as a row field, you can still filter without looping by the following method if you have Excel 2010 or later
Make a copy of the PivotTable, and drag the 'week_of_year' field
in the copy to the Report Filter area
Set up a slicer on the week_of_year field on one PivotTable, and
connect it to the other PivotTable via the Report Connections
dialog. (Right click on the Slicer, select 'Report Connections')
Amend the above code so it runs on the 2nd PivotTable.
The Slicer will then sync the two PivotTables.
If you want to filter on more than one value, drag the field to the ROWS area, and use this:
Sub FilterOnWeek2()
Dim pt As PivotTable
Dim pf As PivotField
Dim pi As PivotItem
Dim lStart As Long
Dim lEnd As Long
lEnd = Format(Date, "ww")
lStart = Val(Format(Date, "ww")) - 1
Set pt = Worksheets("LO").PivotTables("PivotTable3")
Set pf = pt.PivotFields("week_of_year")
With pf
.ClearAllFilters
.PivotFilters.Add Type:=xlCaptionIsBetween, Value1:=lStart, Value2:=lEnd
End With
End Sub
If for some reason you don't want this field in the PivotTable as a row field, follow the same general approach as above: make a copy of the PivotTable, put the field that you want to filter on in the copy as a ROWS field, connect the fields of interest together as a slicer, hide the slicer somewhere, and amend the code so it runs on the copy of the PivotTable with the rowfield in it.
I recommend you read my article at http://dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2013/11/14/filtering-pivots-based-on-external-ranges/ if you want to learn more about efficiently filtering PivotTables.