{"id":107,"date":"2026-03-09T17:17:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/?p=107"},"modified":"2026-01-17T11:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T11:29:59","slug":"how-to-reference-a-pivot-table-using-xlwings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/how-to-reference-a-pivot-table-using-xlwings\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Reference a Pivot Table Using xlwings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Method<\/h2>\n<p>def ref_pivot_table():<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 #Pivot table reference<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 print(sht_pvt.api.PivotTables().Count)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 print(sht_pvt.api.PivotTables(1).Name)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 #Reference by index number<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 print(sht_pvt.api.PivotTables(&#8216;Pivot&#8217;).Name)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 #Reference by name<\/p>\n<h2>Sample Code<\/h2>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>#Pivot Table References\n\nimport xlwings as xw    #Import xlwings\nimport os    #Import os\n\nroot = os.getcwd()    #Get current path\n#Create Excel application window, visible, no workbook added\napp=xw.App(visible=True, add_book=False)\n#Open data file, writable\nbk=app.books.open(fullname=root+r'\\Pivot.xlsx',read_only=False)\n#Get data source worksheet\nsht_data=bk.sheets.active\n#Data cell range\nrng_data=sht_data.api.Range('A1').CurrentRegion\n#Create a new worksheet for the pivot table\nsht_pvt=bk.sheets.add()\nsht_pvt.name='Pivot Table'\n    \ndef create_pivot_table():\n    #Location of data\n    rng_data=sht_data.api.Range('A1').CurrentRegion\n    #Location of pivot table\n    rng_pvt=sht_pvt.api.Range('A1')\n\n    #Create pivot table cache\n    pvc=bk.api.PivotCaches().Create(\\\n          SourceType=xw.constants.PivotTableSourceType.xlDatabase,\\\n          SourceData=rng_data)\n    #Create pivot table\n    pvt=pvc.CreatePivotTable(\\\n          TableDestination=rng_pvt,\\\n          TableName='Pivot')\n\n    #Set fields\n    pvt.PivotFields('Category').Orientation=\\\n        xw.constants.PivotFieldOrientation.xlPageField    #Page fields\n    pvt.PivotFields('Category').Position=1\n    pvt.PivotFields('Product').Orientation=\\\n        xw.constants.PivotFieldOrientation.xlColumnField    #Column fields\n    pvt.PivotFields('Product').Position=1\n    pvt.PivotFields('Origin').Orientation=\\\n        xw.constants.PivotFieldOrientation.xlRowField    #Row fields\n    pvt.PivotFields('Origin').Position=1\n    pvt.PivotFields('Amount').Orientation=\\\n        xw.constants.PivotFieldOrientation.xlDataField    #Value fields\n\ndef ref_pivot_table():\n    #Pivot table reference\n    print(sht_pvt.api.PivotTables().Count)\n    print(sht_pvt.api.PivotTables(1).Name)    #Reference by index number\n    print(sht_pvt.api.PivotTables('Pivot').Name)    #Reference by name\n\ncreate_pivot_table()\nref_pivot_table()\n\n#bk.save()\n#bk.close()\n#app.kill()<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img 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