Breaking a column header in OBIEE

Hi All,
I have a very simple issue and I thought I had the work around but not really
I have a column that reads
Amount sold and I want to break it as
Amount
Sold
solely because when the reports are downloaded to excel or other formats it makes it easier to read the column names
I have tried the following
1.HTML TAG /BR HTML TAG does not work.
2.Can not use the HARDEN XSS config parameter because of security issues.
Any tips on how to go about doing this.
Regards,

When it comes to exporting OBIEE reports to Excel, there is a very limited amount that you can do. You are not going to find much you can do configuring the OBIEE report to come out the way you want it to in Excel, especially when it comes to formatting. It would be best to simply highlight the row in Excel after download, and turn on "wrap text."
As you might know, if you "download to Excel" via the Report Links from the dashboard, the actual file will be in mhtml format, not xls. It will open in Excel, but you have to convert it to Excel to make it a true Excel file.
There are other ways to get an OBI file to Excel.
Another way is to click on the Advanced tab of the request. Click on the second link from the top and select "Open" in the next pop-up window. After requesting OBIEE credentials (your login and password), it will open up Excel and this time actually produce an Excel file.
The third way to get an Excel file from OBIEE is to first open Excel. Then click on the "Get External Data from Web." (I'm using Excel 2007 -- you will have to search for this command as Excel doesn't default this option from showing up in the ribbon or menus. I created a shortcut.) When the pop-up window comes up, paste the URL from of the answers report and at the very end, add &Format=Excel to the end. The OBI login screen will appear. Log in. The next window will display your report with a whole bunch of yellow arrows. Select the proper yellow arrow (you'll know what I'm talking about once you try it), and voila, the report will pop in Excel.
That's about all the (easy) options you have to work with.
Edited by: David_T on Aug 24, 2010 7:25 AM
Edited by: David_T on Aug 24, 2010 1:34 PM

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