SQL Drill Thru (v502p13a) and Excel Client(V6.1.5): Formatting Sucks

Sorry about the last note, caffeine got me a little jumpy!I got the SQL Drill through working rather well. Fast, efficient, and the users like it. (I guess I keep my job for another week or so). Anyway, the format of the returned data is brutal. It is text, and nothing can be done in Excel to change the format. The field's datatype is decimal (15,2) and the data is number formatted from the high priced ERP system. So, of course, it makes no sense to me.Any workarounds out there? One thought. The SQL Drill Thru has a section where you can add a pre or post connection .dll. Maybe something there with formatting capabilities would resolve. We do NOT utilize Hyperion Intergration Server.Any suggestions would be appeciated. [email protected]

I don't recall if it was an option in the Essbase 5 client, but if you could create a VBA macro to invoke the SQL Drill through rather than using the Add-In menu, then you could build some macros to clean up the format a little.Other than that, I'm not sure what (easy) solution there would be.Regards,Jade------------------------------Jade ColeSenior Business Intelligence ConsultantClarity [email protected]

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