# ConsolidationReference element (PTSourceType complexType)

Describes the file and worksheet range that the PivotTable view is based on when the PivotTable view is created from an Excel list or database.

## Usage

    <ConsolidationReference />

## Element Information

Element type | ConsolidationReferenceType
Namespace | urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel
Schema name | XML Spreadsheet 2000

## Elements and Attributes

### Parent Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
PTSource | Contains information describing the data source of the PivotTable view.

### Child Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
FileName | Contains the name of the file that contains the source range of a PivotTable report.
Name | Contains the user-defined name of an object, range, or reference to another workbook, the location and name of a text file, or the built-in name of a range.
Reference | Contains the properties of a consolidation reference when in a SourceConsolidation element, or a cell range when in the ConsolidationReference element.

### Attributes

None.

## Definition

    <xsd:element name="ConsolidationReference" type="ConsolidationReferenceType" minOccurs="0" >
    </xsd:element>

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