Excel export advanced customisation in OBIEE 11.1.1.5

Is there a way to customize excel/pdf export behaviour? If so, can you guide me where I to start?
I have a go-url links in report table column and don't want to export it to excel and pdf.

Can you hide the columns you dont want to export?

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How to freeze the columns in excel exported from SSRS report??

We have created a report for our client. The client wants the report in excel format. As there are nearly about 30,000 rows in the excel. Client wants us to freeze the column header names in the excel so that even after scrolling down they
will be able to see the column names.
can anybody have idea how to achieve this in SSRS?

Hi Shard,
Thanks for your post, You can achive your requiremets by using the below logic. hope this will help you.
Steps to achieve it
1. Select the tabix and click on Tablix properties.
2. In the General tab under Column Headers section you can see "Keep header visible while scrolling" checkbox, check it.
3. Now the header row will be remain fixed in the report.
OR
1. In the grouping pane, make sure to turn on advanced mode (click on the small black down arrow on the far right of the grouping pane)
2. Select the corresponding (Static) item in the row group hierarchy
3. In the properties grid, set RepeatOnNewPage to true
4. KeepwithGroup to After
OR
1)Freeze the header of all columns[ Freezing table header ] : To do select static member of table header row from row groups [ Advanced Mode ] and set FixedData to true
2) Freeze the initial 2 columns : To do select static member of columns in column group and set fixedData to true .
How do you freeze the tablix header row in an Excel export file in SSRS 2008
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Excel-Export WAD 7.0 - Header/Footer/Margins

Dear all,
I used the Header/Footer and Margin options in the export wizard (export to excel) but it doesn't work. When I print the excel file no header/footer information are shown. as well as the margin settings of the printed page are not as I entered.
I know that I should use the pdf-export (it works fine), nevertheless the customer wants to have a "formatted printing" even out of a generated excel-file.
Any ideas?
Or do the input options regarding header/footer and so on only refer to the pdf-export?
Thanks in advance.
Mark

Dear Mark,
Unfortunately Excel exporting is not designed for such purposes. The only option you have is to specify which web items are to be exported (using the Export to Excel button with the standard command). In case you want to export from the context menu, it will send to Excel everything which is on the screen, so, no way to control.
You could consider a workbook for a better formatted Excel, if really needed.
Kind Regards,
Marcio

How to improve the efficiency of EXCEL export?

I've found a not too small issue of the built-in EXCEL export function. We have a page which let the users query a huge table and return a report page. The query takes long time, however the users are tolerable enough to stand that since they know the size of the table. Nonetheless, the process to export to EXCEL would take almost the same time (maybe a little bit shorter) as the query, which is in-tolerable. It seems that the built-in function just Re-run the query against the table and sends the file to the excel file. Is there any way to solve this issue?
Thanks in advance.
Have a nice weekend!

That is a good idea.
You can dump your query output into the collection and base the report region off of that collection. The Excel output just re-runs the region query so if you base the report region on the collection, you are done (you don't need to manually do just the export)

Execution date in Excel export from a query

Dear all,
I am wondering if it is possible to have the query execution date in an exported excel.
Case: When working in a query it should be possible to export the query to excel. However I am missing the execution date of the query and the last successful data load (which is visible in the webquery).
Anyone has an idea how to achieve that?
Thank you in advance,
Andreas

Hey Guys,
Just wanted to point out that I know how to do this with a webapplication but I would need that within an excel export from an ordinary web query.
Could someone help out here?
Thanks in advance,
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Crystal Reports 2008 Excel Export Compatibility Patch - second attempt :)

Hello, I actually have a question related to the following thread, so I posted there and was recommended to start a new thread:
Crystal Reports 2008 Excel Export Compatibility Patch?
Question is related to the following doc, specifically, is this patch still available for CR 2008 or not?:
http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/cr2008V1/en/xi3_cr2008eecp_readme_en.pdf
A response from Don suggested this wasnt available for CR 2008 although this is confusing since the doc refers to CR 2008. My response was as follows and is essentially the question I still have (more so because we have another PeopleSoft/Oracle customer whos come across this doc and wants to know how to apply the fix for CR 2008). Thanks very much in advance!
Hi Don, I know this is an old thread, but Im also running into the same issue and am confused by your statement since the referenced PDF doc says this patch is available for CR 2008. Did you mean that the patch is no longer available or supported for CR 2008 for some reason? If so, any idea why?
Im a developer for Oracle/PeopleSoft and our PeopleSoft suite includes OEM Crystal. We recently upgraded to CR 2008 for our latest release and we are getting the same complaint from a few customers about not being able to output the XLS in Excel 8.0 compatiibility mode like before (In Crystal 9, we used the \Export\Excel\CompatVersion=80 registry key to enable this). So if this patch is available, it would be a huge benefit for us to be able to point our customers to it. If not, please still let me know eitherway.
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Hi Andrew,
So the story is the Rubik's patch has been available from CR 9 up until CR XI R1 as a simple download. In R2 and above to get it you have to log a case, work with a Report Rep to try to design your reports so they use the new export dll. To get you by until you have time to do so, and after filling out a query for the PM to get info on how to possibly improve the updated export dll to meet your needs, he will then send you the patch on the agreement that this is the LAST time you ask for it.
Support no longer has access to the patch so all requests must go through the Program Manager who keeps tract of who received it.
Bottom line is you need to update the reports to use the new export model.
That old legacy dll was bugging and impossible to maintain.
You can [purchase a support case here|http://store.businessobjects.com/store/bobjamer/DisplayProductByTypePage&parentCategoryID=&categoryID=54722300].
This is not a bug and has been this way for 10 years now, time to update your export model and Excel Macro's....
Thank you for your understanding
Don

Web Template 3.x - Excel Export

Hello experts,
how can I add some kind of "Excel-Export-Button" in a Web Template 3.x ?
In WAD 7.0 there is this function, but what about WAD 3.x?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
Create a new web template with reference of 0ANALYZER or 0WEBANALYZER. In this you will find the option for export to excel.
Else you can copy the HTML code from the template for Export excel option.
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Excel export gives csv file occasionally after multiple exports

Hi experts!!
I have the following problem.
After several exports to excel from the web UI the file format turns to csv, even though the user runs MS office 2007.
I found 2 notes describing the issue but these are for other releases and cannot be implemented.
(I am working on CRM 2007)
Any ideas????
Thank you in advance!!!

Hi,
for investigating this problem a short introduction to the Excel-Export function is helpful.
On serverside JavaScript tailored for interaction with the current Table is generated. This code is invoked on the client machine and tries interfacing with Excel via ActiveX-Controls. In a third step the data is requested from the Application Server, this request is processed in the handler class CL_CHTMLB_CONFIG_TAB_EXCEL_EXP.
I guess that the problem is caused by the JavaScript code executed on the client machen. There is a fallback, if no ActiveX-Control could be initialized a csv-File is requested from the server.
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Collapsed groupings in Excel export from FR

I am at a client, they are doing variance reporting. Is there a way coming out that will allow groupings to be exported? For example, their report looks at Current forecast and prior year and then prior year variance. When they initially look at the report the prior year columns are hidden. What they are requesting is to export to excel with the prior year hidden columns collapsed.? Any ideas??
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Just wanted to point out that I know how to do this with a webapplication but I would need that within an excel export from an ordinary web query.
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Layout of excel exports look like #+% !!!

Hi everyone,
i want to create an agent session, which sends excel exports via mail. This is working, but ...
- the layout isn't useable !
- it seems to haven't any kind of format.
--> Is there a possibility of customisation? That's really important ...
-> And maybe as an extra, to assign the layout for the particular exports directly in the reports.
krgds and thank you very much,
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Excel export is not working

Hi All,
User is not able to do Excel export(say with PIVOT Table) wants formatted data, he was able to do so few days back (1week).
I confirmed with him that his frontend patch level 22 (640)
I suggested him reinstall frontend. But it did not work.
As it is a monthend requirement, It become urgent issue.
Those who are familiar issue, Respond to me ASAP
Plz Plz suggest your views, in resolving this issue
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RK
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Ramakrishna Velidandi

Hi Ramakrishna,
Can you have the user log into a different machine and see if a different installation of the GUI would work?
Another solution would be to have the user export the list to a local file and then open it up directly in Excel. This won't work for pivot tables but would allow them to at least see the data and format as needed.
Note that this also might be an issue with the Office installation. Does an error message appear in SAP or Excel? A few other things to check would be authorizations (both in SAP and the workstation), the event log, and a trace within SAPGUI (which would have to be turned on first).
Hope this helps.
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Denver, CO

Excel Exports

1) Does anyone have a solution for creating an Excel Export with a chart / graph included?
2) Is there any way to include formatting in an Excel Export? I'd like to be able to include Borders, Font Coloring, Formula's etc.

Vega,
What version of ApEx are you running? I know in 2.x you could not export graphs "directly" into excel. However, although I've never done it, I've read documentation from companies that opted to use ApEx over Java and ASP solutions... One practice was to leverage the use of individuals familiar with VBA to format reports exported from ApEx. Have any of those around? ;)
Dan
Sorry, meant to say VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)
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Excel export are merging cells for data on multiple lines !

Hello,
I'm using Crystal Report XI R2, when we are doing an export to Excel with have an unexpected formatting.
For example the value of the name is on 2 lines:
=> So, on Excel the result is on 2 lines but merged. We want to have this result only on one cells.
Remark: if we delete the 2nd lines, because cells are merged we obtain the expected result.
Proposal A:
Are they any set-up available concerning the formatting of Excel ?
Proposal B:
Could we run some VBA when we click on Export button to make queries on the Excel ?

When they introduced Unicode support in Crystal 9 (I believe), they had to completely re-write the export routines. At that time, they made a decision to change the functionality of the excel export. Crystal is attempting to remain absolutely faithful to the graphical layout of the report as you see it in the viewer. So it creates merged cell sections, empty columns between columns, and empty rows to give you as close to exactly what you see in the viewer as possible. Unfortunately, the result is typically less than useful. Iu2019ve had several conversations with Business Objects (now SAP) with regards to this when they changed it between versions 8.5 and 10, and they have no intention of changing the functionality as it now exists.
There is a document which is now likely somewhere on the SAP portal that explains what you need to do to obtain the best results when exporting to excel.
The jist of it is this:
Line up all of the columns detail data with thier headers, and make sure that data fields are the same size as thier headers.
Line up all rows (headers and detail rows). (ie: select everything in the row, right click, align tops, and make the same height)
cram everything as close together as possible. zero space in the report translates to zero extra collumns and rows in the export.
the other option is to use the export to data only functionality, but that may not be what you're looking for either.

Add columns to EXCEL exported from ALV

Hi,
I'm using the function module REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY, to display an ALV report. This report shows a standard text when users click on one column.
I wanna know if its possible to add the standard text as a column into the EXCEL exported from this ALV? and if so, how can I do it?
Regards.
Gregory.

Thanks again Raymond,
With internal tables that have a type from ABAP dictionary works fine. My problem is that my internal table is declared into my program's global variables. My code bellow:
DATA: BEGIN OF it_excel OCCURS 0,
         department TYPE adcp-department,
         bname       TYPE usr02-bname,
         name_text   TYPE adrp-name_text,
         agr_name    TYPE agr_users-agr_name,
         text        TYPE agr_texts-text,
         from_dat    TYPE agr_users-from_dat,
         to_dat      TYPE agr_users-to_dat,
         tcode       TYPE agr_tcodes-tcode,
         ttext       TYPE tstct-ttext,
         tdesc       TYPE string,
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perform fill_excel_data.
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      window_title         = 'File location'
      file_filter          = cl_gui_frontend_services=>filetype_excel
      prompt_on_overwrite = 'X'
    CHANGING
      filename             = v_file
      path                 = v_path
      fullpath             = v_fpath
      user_action          = v_useraction
    EXCEPTIONS
      cntl_error           = 1
      error_no_gui         = 2
      not_supported_by_gui = 3
      OTHERS               = 4.
CHECK sy-subrc EQ 0 AND v_useraction EQ 0.
CREATE OBJECT v_excel 'EXCEL.APPLICATION'.
SET PROPERTY OF v_excel 'VISIBLE' = 0.
CALL METHOD OF v_excel 'WORKBOOKS' = v_workbooks.
CALL METHOD OF v_workbooks 'ADD'.
SET PROPERTY OF v_excel 'SHEETSINNEWWORKBOOK' = 1.
CALL METHOD OF v_excel 'Worksheets' = v_sheet
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      rc                   = v_subrc
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      cntl_error           = 1
      error_no_gui         = 2
      not_supported_by_gui = 3
      OTHERS               = 4.
CHECK v_subrc EQ 0.
GET PROPERTY OF v_excel 'ACTIVESHEET' = v_sheet.
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CALL METHOD OF v_sheet 'SAVEAS'
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When calling cl_gui_frontend_services=>clipboard_export method the variable v_subrc is equal to 0 and sy-subrc is equal to 1 and the EXCEL file is not saved.
Can you please tell me, what am I doing wrong?
Regards,
Gregory
Edited by: Gregory Mayorga on Sep 7, 2010 10:56 AM

Excel export defaults to ".txt"

Hi Forum,
I have a question regarding the "Excel" export button on SAP B1.
Whrn i try to export data clicking the excel button, the window "Save As" defaults to ".txt" extension.... is there a place to change the default to make it ".xls" instead???
Regards,
Manuel Roman

Hi Gordon,
I had B1 on a pc that anytime that i clicked on the excel button and save it, the document would open in excel right away.
Now i have a laptop with XP Pro (same configuration as the pc) and everytime i click on save, saves the document and it doesn't open right away.... i have to basically import the txt file into excel....
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