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FR vs MR in Smart View Refreshing Reports

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While developing a Management Report for a client, I was testing opening the report in Smart View.  I noticed what could be a significant issue for many users.  In Financial Reporting, when a report is opened in Smart View, the workbook can be saved and when reopened, the report can be refreshed.  The refresh keeps the report on the same sheet in the workbook, so if the workbook has multiple sheets, everything stays intact.  However, trying to do this with MR, when the saved workbook is reopened, one of two things will happen: if a connection in Smart View is

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