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Using a Refresh Button for a Pivot Table in a protected sheet
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Trying to use a refresh button for a pivot table, but I need to protect the worksheet. Currently, when I protect the worksheet, the button comes back as a run-time error 1004. The button works fine when the sheet is unprotected.
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Anonymous
2018-09-24T17:29:34+00:00 -
Anonymous
2018-09-24T17:26:02+00:00 Can you share the workbook from OneDrive, and post the link here?
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Anonymous
2018-09-24T17:02:08+00:00 the whole sheet that the button and pivot table are on, the data for the pivot table is on another sheet and is unprotected, I would like to protect the data too if possible
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Anonymous
2018-09-24T16:55:06+00:00 How are you protecting it?