How to reduce the size of excel file

[shri]

I have a report in report studio, if i save it in excel format it comes up with 126MB size, but the same report in impromptu poduces output in excel just 26MB. Is there any i can reduce the size of the excel file in RS (i am running cognos 8.1 in windows environment)

(sorry by mistake it is posted in FM section)  I have posted this back in RS Section.

Your Help is much appreciated

[Arpitagrawal9]

you can set the export to Excel 2007 if u are comfortable with the same,As using Excel 2007 reduces the Size by a considerable amount

[PRIT AMRIT]

I have a report in report studio, if i save it in excel format it comes up with 126MB size, but the same report in impromptu poduces output in excel just 26MB. Is there any i can reduce the size of the excel file in RS (i am running cognos 8.1 in windows environment)

Basically, cognos by default stores the .xsl files as .mht. And size of mht files are always bigger, because it carries other plug-in files in order to open the .xsl files without having MS office installed.

However, you can change the setting and define RSVP.FILE.EXTENSION.XLS = TRUE, so the reports would be saved as .xls in your target location.

As Arpitagrawal9 suggested, Excel 2007 file size is much lesser.