PivotItem.Formula Property

Gets or sets the formula for the calculated item.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v18.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

string Formula { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property Formula As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A String value that is the calculated item’s formula.

Remarks

Use the Formula property to modify the formula of the existing calculated item. To add a calculated item to a specific field, use the PivotCalculatedItemCollection.Add method of the PivotField.CalculatedItems collection.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/winforms-spreadsheet-pivot-table-api-t298650

PivotCalculatedItemActions.vb

Dim worksheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets("Report7")
workbook.Worksheets.ActiveWorksheet = worksheet

' Access the pivot table by its name in the collection.
Dim pivotTable As PivotTable = worksheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1")

' Access the pivot field by its name in the collection.
Dim field As PivotField = pivotTable.Fields("Customer")

' Add a calculated item to the "Customer" field.
Dim item As PivotItem = field.CalculatedItems.Add("='Big Foods'*110%", "Big Foods Sales Plan")

'Change the formula for the calculated item.
item.Formula = "='Big Foods'*115%"

PivotCalculatedItemActions.cs

Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets["Report7"];
workbook.Worksheets.ActiveWorksheet = worksheet;

// Access the pivot table by its name in the collection.
PivotTable pivotTable = worksheet.PivotTables["PivotTable1"];

// Access the pivot field by its name in the collection.
PivotField field = pivotTable.Fields["Customer"];

// Add a calculated item to the "Customer" field.
PivotItem item = field.CalculatedItems.Add("='Big Foods'*110%", "Big Foods Sales Plan");

//Change the formula for the calculated item.
item.Formula = "='Big Foods'*115%";

For the field items that originate from the source data, the Formula property returns an empty string.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-spreadsheet-pivot-table-api-t314425/CS/SpreadsheetWPFPivotTableExamples/CodeExamples/PivotCalculatedItemActions.cs#L61

//Change the formula for the calculated item.
item.Formula = "='Big Foods'*115%";
#endregion #ModifyCalculatedItem

winforms-spreadsheet-pivot-table-api-t298650/CS/SpreadsheetPivotTableExamples/CodeExamples/PivotCalculatedItemActions.cs#L61

//Change the formula for the calculated item.
item.Formula = "='Big Foods'*115%";
#endregion #ModifyCalculatedItem

spreadsheet-document-api-pivot-table-examples/CS/SpreadsheetDocServerPivotAPI/CodeExamples/PivotCalculatedItemActions.cs#L61

//Change the formula for the calculated item.
item.Formula = "='Big Foods'*115%";
#endregion #ModifyCalculatedItem

VB.NET

wpf-spreadsheet-pivot-table-api-t314425/VB/SpreadsheetWPFPivotTableExamples/CodeExamples/PivotCalculatedItemActions.vb#L56

            'Change the formula for the calculated item.
            item.Formula = "='Big Foods'*115%"
'            #End Region ' #ModifyCalculatedItem

winforms-spreadsheet-pivot-table-api-t298650/VB/SpreadsheetPivotTableExamples/CodeExamples/PivotCalculatedItemActions.vb#L56

            'Change the formula for the calculated item.
            item.Formula = "='Big Foods'*115%"
'            #End Region ' #ModifyCalculatedItem

spreadsheet-document-api-pivot-table-examples/VB/SpreadsheetDocServerPivotAPI/CodeExamples/PivotCalculatedItemActions.vb#L56

            'Change the formula for the calculated item.
            item.Formula = "='Big Foods'*115%"
'            #End Region ' #ModifyCalculatedItem