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Allow current version Excel (xlsx) templates in BI Publisher

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BI Publisher currently allows Excel templates only in Excel version 97-2003 (*.xls).  Please update the BI Publisher software to accommodate the current version of Excel (*.xlsx).  This will avoid issues with 65K records per sheet as well as provide other benefits of current Excel files.  Thanks.

Use Case and Business Need

BI Publisher reports with hundreds of thousands of records.

Original Idea Number: befb554e33

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  • Rodrigo Leonel Sartorato-162426
    Rodrigo Leonel Sartorato-162426 Rank 1 - Community Starter

    I agree. In the current client, we have reports with more than 100 thousand records. Dividing it into two tabs provides a poor user experience.

  • inge niesink
    inge niesink Rank 1 - Community Starter

    This will be really helpfull!

  • Sean Curry
    Sean Curry Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    Most, if not all, excel files in our M365 deployment autosave to .xlsx

  • bbci_BeverlyBaker
    bbci_BeverlyBaker Rank 3 - Community Apprentice

    Reporting on cost transfers - currently required in BI Publisher due to limited availability of data in the OTBI subject areas. A departments cost transfers must be reported and the current report generates 68 sheets within a single workbook making the user experience minimal at best.

  • Avinash Neela
    Avinash Neela Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    This will be useful

  • User_YCE8Z
    User_YCE8Z Rank 1 - Community Starter

    HI,

     

    OTBI reports build in Excel Template to be updated to exports in XLSX as the standard, instead of the 1997-2003 version that the current Cloud product still requires reports to be exported to.

    The one that’s limited to only ~65,000 rows, and gives errors when trying to connect to the standard Excel version used since 2004: .xlsx?

     

    Thanks

    MAdhan.

  • Sujeeth Chinta
    Sujeeth Chinta Rank 1 - Community Starter

    I agree with this idea. The .xlsx template would provide more features to play around.

  • Kartik Iyer-Oracle
    Kartik Iyer-Oracle Rank 1 - Community Starter

    This is a much needed feature and has been requested by our client.

  • Lisa D
    Lisa D Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    Yes - please. This .xls format is driving all of my users crazy.

  • Evair de Assis Junior
    Evair de Assis Junior Rank 1 - Community Starter

    We are currently encountering issues when generating XLSX and XLS files in BI Publisher reports.

    In BI Publisher reports outputted in XLSX format, when the report size exceeds 12KB, the file undergoes column changes in a section of the report.

    For BI Publisher reports with XLS output, files larger than 12KB encounter a problem where they cannot be opened, rendering the file corrupted.