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leading zeros getting removed in csv export(OBIEE)

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  • 2879152
    2879152 Rank 3 - Community Apprentice

    the amount of data we have cant be exported in excel format.

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    Why conversion? Open the CSV file with a proper editor. It will LITERALLY contain 0001!

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    Ok obvious and obligatory question: Why are you using OBIEE as a data pump?

  • 2879152
    2879152 Rank 3 - Community Apprentice

    I'm opening with Microsoft excel and its not showing like 001.

  • Sherry George
    Sherry George Rank 7 - Analytics Coach

    Agree with Christian here, you might want to revisit what you are doing here. Anyway, as an ugly workaround I would concatenate the field with an apostrophe at the start and then export to csv, the ' will still be there but not really easy to see.

  • 2879152
    2879152 Rank 3 - Community Apprentice

    User wants a report in tabular/excel format.

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    Ok once more:

    Excel is the issue. Excel is converting. Excel is being stupid.

    Tell your users to be smarter and choose the less lazy option of double-clicking but in Excel go "Data" -> "From Text" -> Import the CSV -> In the import mask define the columns as TEXT and not STANDARD. Because it's text. "Standard" just will give you the same Excel rubbish.

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    *cringe* Please don't

  • Sherry George
    Sherry George Rank 7 - Analytics Coach

    Regret that I said that. Tried to convince OP and even gave the same suggestion about import from csv but he/she wouldn't accept...

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    I know and that's even more painful