Move Excel Formatting on Operations performance issue

Hi,
Firstly we have a 64bit Windows system running EPM version V11.1.2.1, patched to .102, and Excel 2010 32 bit.
Having applied patchset 13709867 on the .103 SV version the old problem we had where formatting was not maintained when a fixed format report was cascaded remained so, having seen that the 32bit version of SV v11.1.2.2 was backwards compatible we experimented to see if it would resolve the problem, which it didn't.
However, when the 'Use Excel Formatting' and 'Move Formatting on Operations' are selected, the performance is horrendous which makes me wonder if there is some sort with the Office product? It's V14.0.6112.5000 for info.
Does this ring bells with anyone?
Thanks
Steve

1st, no I haven't had any feedback, although I have seen it in operation on other systems without the performance issues we experienced, which made me wonder whether there was some 'setting' in Office that could affect it.
Secondly, the grid had one row in it, it can't get much smaller than that.
3rdly, I never said anything about 'Move formatting....' having an effect on cascades, thanks. I said we hoped that the patch might resolve the issue.
Lastly - the reason cascading doesn't work is that it actually does work. When a sheet is cascaded, it doesn't use the current sheet options, it uses the default sheet options, therefore, to successfully cascade a highly formatted smart view report, ensure that the default sheet options (set on the drop down by the OK button) are set as per the excel sheet you created. Not even Oracle Support could tell me that.
Steve

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Here is the code from the application that does the export:
                            ExportOptions exportOptions = new ExportOptions();
                            exportOptions.ExportFormatType = ExportFormatType.Excel;
                            exportOptions.ExportDestinationType = ExportDestinationType.DiskFile;
                            DiskFileDestinationOptions diskOptions = new DiskFileDestinationOptions();
                            diskOptions.DiskFileName = filename + ".xls";;
                            exportOptions.ExportDestinationOptions = diskOptions;
                            ExcelFormatOptions XLOptions = new ExcelFormatOptions();
                            XLOptions.ExportPageBreaksForEachPage = true;
                            XLOptions.ExportPageHeadersAndFooters = ExportPageAreaKind.OnEachPage;
                            exportOptions.ExportFormatOptions = XLOptions;
                            rptDoc.Export(exportOptions);
Please note the following details about our environment:
<h5>Report Designers:</h5>CR Designer version: xi Rel 2
<h5>Developer environment</h5>Has the following installed:
- Business Objects Enterprise XI Release 2
- VS .Net 2008
- Crystal reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008
- Crystal Report 2008 Runtime SP3
- Boxi .Net SDK
- SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Client Tools sp3
- .Net Version: 2.0
<h5>Crystal Server environment:</h5>Two clustered Business Objects Enterprise servers with the following installed & configured
- Business Objects Enterprise XI Release 2
- Crystal Reports XI Release 2
- SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP3
- .Net Version: 2.0
<h5>Web Servers:</h5>Two load balanced web servers with the following installed and configured
- Business Objects Enterprise XI Release 2
- Crystal Report 2008 Runtime SP3
- Crystal Reports XI Release 2 .Net 2005 Server
- SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP3
- .Net Version: 2.0

Umm, the code you provided has nothing to do with Business Objects Enterprise...(?). So, I'm a bit confused by the mention of BOE and "The report is executed using CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine" in essentially one paragraph.
Can you pls explain?
- Ludek

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Recnetly we had upgraded from 4.6c to ECC 6.0.
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Host
URL
Body
Caching
Content-Type
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184
401
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
/bif/EUROPE-AMA
341
text/html; charset=us-ascii
iexplore:15344
185
302
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
/bif/EUROPE-AMA
196
text/html; charset=UTF-8
iexplore:15344
186
401
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
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341
text/html; charset=us-ascii
iexplore:15344
187
200
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
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105,487
private, max-age=0; Expires: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:37:48 GMT
text/html; charset=utf-8
iexplore:15344
188
401
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
/_layouts/1033/styles/calendar.css?rev=BrbrIU86qTG2EHx1ZUuFBQ%3D%3D
341
text/html; charset=us-ascii
iexplore:15344
189
200
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
/_layouts/images/prevbuttonltr.gif
76
max-age=31536000
image/gif
iexplore:15344
190
200
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78
max-age=31536000
image/gif
iexplore:15344
191
200
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
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max-age=31536000
image/gif
iexplore:15344
192
200
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
/_layouts/images/month.gif
1,068
max-age=31536000
image/gif
iexplore:15344
193
200
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
/_layouts/1033/styles/calendar.css?rev=BrbrIU86qTG2EHx1ZUuFBQ%3D%3D
28,814
max-age=31536000
text/css
iexplore:15344
194
200
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
/_layouts/images/week.gif
1,057
max-age=31536000
image/gif
iexplore:15344
195
200
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
/_layouts/images/weekbox.gif
149
max-age=31536000
image/gif
iexplore:15344
196
200
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
/_layouts/images/alldayDefault.gif
157
max-age=31536000
image/gif
iexplore:15344
197
200
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
/_layouts/images/calnumBttntoday.gif
146
max-age=31536000
image/gif
iexplore:15344
198
200
HTTP
sp07.ourcompany.com
/_layouts/images/calnumBttn.gif
95
max-age=31536000
image/gif
iexplore:15344

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when you request a Site collection (http://domain/) or a Site (http://domain/foo/) of your Publishing Site you get redirected to the http://domain/Pages/<WelcomePage>.aspx. SharePoint 2007 uses the 302 header (location temporarily moved) for
this purpose. Surprisingly even WSS uses the 302 header to redirect a root url to the default.aspx. In comparison ASP.NET uses an internal redirect to render the default page when the root url requested: there is no redirect in this situation.
Check the link which can give more input
http://blog.mastykarz.nl/sharepoint-2007-redirect-solved-using-301-instead-of-302-redirects/
for error 401 you can check this link
http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/97027-no-resources-401-unauthorized/d
and check SharePoint ULS logs and event viewer for any exceptions.
Please mark the Answer and Vote me if you think that it will help you to resolved your issue

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Anyone with the same issue?
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Solved. It's a known issue. The solution, as provided by SAP Support is:
Dear Customer,
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