PivotCache.Connection Property
Returns or sets connection information for a PivotTable cache.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Property Connection As Object
Get
Set
'Usage
Dim instance As PivotCache
Dim value As Object
value = instance.Connection
instance.Connection = value
Object Connection { get; set; }
Property Value
Type: System.Object
Remarks
The Connection property can be one of the following: OLE DB settings that enable Microsoft Excel to connect to an OLE DB data source, ODBC settings that enable Microsoft Excel to connect to an ODBC data source, a URL that enables Microsoft Excel to connect to a Web data source, the path to and file name of a text file, or the path to and file name of a file that specifies a database or Web query.
Setting the Connection property doesn’t immediately initiate the connection to the data source. You must use the Refresh method to make the connection and retrieve the data.
When using an offline cube file, set the UseLocalConnection property to True and use the LocalConnection property instead of the Connection property.
For more information about the connection string syntax, see the Add method of the PivotCaches collection.
Alternatively, you may choose to access a data source directly by using the Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) library instead.