Problme saving a WebI as Excel or CSV

Hi,
I am trying to save a Web Intelligence report as Excel or CSV. After saving the report onto my local system or PC, when i try to open the excel, i get an error saying - Windows cannot locate this file, please make sure you have typed in the name correctly and try searching again.
I have saved the report on my desktop but while opening it, i get this error.
Another question was, while saving an WebI as CSV, the columns get re-arranged or re-structured automatically. Is there any remedy for this issue?
Your inputs are valuable.
Thank you.

Vishal,
I don't want to beat a dead horse, but if you can stand one more observation and "how I would do it"...The order of objects in the Results Object panel of Edit Query mode dictates the order of the columns going to the spreadsheet when downloaded using CSV mode. If you have any local variables doing manipulations, these will not be a part of the CSV download, which you most obviously have painfully experienced thus far. So, the "solution" is to attack the matter from the universe perspective. If the maniuplations via local variables in the report are beneficial to the whole project, then perhaps add these as columns of data (dimension objects) in the universe. Though sometimes the dressing up we do on the database server side can bog things down, it becomes a judgment call on what to do about manipulating on the DB or on the report. Another method would be to create a view on the database server and make that view available as objects in the universe (or a new univser entirely). Then for this particular report /universe you can put those objects on the report in the Edit Query mode, save the report, and only give a certain group access to it for their purposes of CSV download. Okay, I'm sure your ready to say "enough", so thanks for listening in for just a bit more.
Thanks,
John

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