[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 145966] [PIVOTTABLE] Add =GETPIVOTDATA(...) formula when referencing data inside a pivot table

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Tue Aug 23 08:29:20 UTC 2022


https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145966

Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org> changed:

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           Keywords|needsDevEval, needsUXEval   |

--- Comment #3 from Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> So the question is a) does inserting a formula helps to understand how to
> use it, b) what benefit does this have (the result is the same as with =B3),
> and c) what type of formula to use.
> 
> Me struggles with b) and somewhat a).

Answering myself: Benefit of =GETPIVOTDATA("<Col>";A1) over =A1 is clearly to
keep the value even when the table changes. Plus, it educates the users to use
the right functions.

So let's do it.

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