Export to Excel suppress Group information

Is there a way to suppress group information only when exporting to Excel? When viewing or printing the report I want to see the group information but when exporting to Excel I do not want to see group information.
Is there any way to pick up when the report is being exported in the suppress formula?
Thanks for any help.

fhs,
I ran into this a few months ago and solved it by simply creating a parameter called Output to Excel. I then suppress any sections if that parameter is true.
So, in theory, you could run the report once viewing the group info, and then run it again, suppressing the group info so u can export to excel.
If there's a better way, I'd be interested in learning about it as well.
John

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