Excel cannot open the new form. The Form contains schema validation errors.

i am running the approval workflow on a document library, while trying to open Excel
file i get the error.
Excel cannot open the new form. The Form contains schema validation errors.
Detailed error:
Element '{http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2009/WSSList/dataFields}Body' is
unexpected according to content model of parent element '{http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2009/WSSList/dataFields}SharePointListItem_RW'.<o:p></o:p>
Expecting: {http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2009/WSSList/dataFields}WorkflowLink,
{http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/inf....
neeraj

Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is that when you are running approval workflow and opening the Excel file, then it will occur the error above.
For a better troubleshooting, I suggest you can try to create a new normal excel file and then run the workflow and open the file to test if it works. It will help to figure out if this is the file itself issue or the SharePoint issue.
Also, please provide some more detailed information such as screen capture, it will easier to find the root cause of the issue.
Thanks
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