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XL2000: DataType Property Always Returns xlNumber in OLAP PivotTables

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This article was previously published under Q210783

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Symptoms

When you query the DataType property of a PivotTable field in a Visual Basic for Applications procedure, the procedure indicates that the data type of the field is numeric when the data type of the field is text.

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Cause

This problem occurs when your PivotTable data is based on an Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) data source.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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Keywords: KB210783, kbpending, kbdtacode, kbbug

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Article Info
Article ID : 210783
Revision : 5
Created on : 10/11/2006
Published on : 10/11/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 270