Range.Group(Object, Object, Object, Object) Method
Definition
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When the Range object represents a single cell in a PivotTable field’s data range, the Group method performs numeric or date-based grouping in that field.
public object Group (object Start, object End, object By, object Periods);Public Function Group (Optional Start As Object, Optional End As Object, Optional By As Object, Optional Periods As Object) As ObjectParameters
- Start
- Object
Optional Object. The first value to be grouped. If this argument is omitted or True, the first value in the field is used.
- End
- Object
Optional Object. The last value to be grouped. If this argument is omitted or True, the last value in the field is used.
- By
- Object
Optional Object. If the field is numeric, this argument specifies the size of each group. If the field is a date, this argument specifies the number of days in each group if element 4 in the Periods array is True and all the other elements are False. Otherwise, this argument is ignored. If this argument is omitted, Microsoft Excel automatically chooses a default group size.
- Periods
- Object
Optional Object. An array of Boolean values that specify the period for the group, as shown in the following table.If an element in the array is True, a group is created for the corresponding time; if the element is False, no group is created. If the field isn’t a date field, this argument is ignored.
Returns
Remarks
The Range object must be a single cell in the PivotTable field’s data range. If you attempt to apply this method to more than one cell, it will fail but will not display an error message.