Looping through report filters to change visibility doesn't work

Question

I\'m trying to select one report filter, in this case Canada. That means the rest must be made invisible. This code works without issue:

Public Sub FilterPiv         


        

Answer 1

In a pivottable filter, you must have at least one item selected at all times. Even if you intend to select one later in the code.

With Pt.PivotFields("COUNTRYSCENARIO")

 ' Sets all filters to true, resetting it.
 .ClearAllFilters

 ' This is necessary if you want to select any options
 ' other than "All Pivot Items = Visible" and 
 ' "OnlyOneSpecificPivotItem = Visible"
 .EnableMultiplePageItems = True

 If .PivotItems.Count > 0 Then

     ' goofy but necessary
     Set firstPi = .PivotItems(1)

         For Each Pi In .PivotItems                                

             ' Make sure that that first pivot item is visible.
             ' It gets mad if it's already visible and you
             ' set it to visible with firstPi.Visible = True
             ' ...pretty silly

             If firstPi.Visible = False Then firstPi.Visible = True

             ' Don't loop through firstPi
             If Pi.Value <> firstPi.Value Then

                 If Pi.Value = opt1 Or Pi.Value = opt2 Or Pi.Value = opt3 Then
                     Pi.Visible = True

                 ElseIf Pi.Visible = True Then

                     Pi.Visible = False

                 End If

             End If

          Next Pi

          ' Finally perform the check on the first pivot item   
          If firstPi = opt1 Or firstPi = opt2 Or firstPi = opt3 Then
              firstPi.Visible = True
          Else
              firstPi.Visible = False
          End If
       End If
End With

Notice that if you try to select nothing, e.g. opt 1 = "" and opt2 = "" and opt3 = "", you will have that same error: you must have at least one pivot item selected.