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IBM Cognos 8 Platform => COGNOS 8 => Framework Manager => Topic started by: shri on 14 Feb 2008 03:56:36 PM

Title: How to reduce the size of excel file
Post by: shri on 14 Feb 2008 03:56:36 PM
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
Title: Re: How to reduce the size of excel file
Post by: Arpitagrawal9 on 15 Jun 2011 03:13:59 AM
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
Title: Re: How to reduce the size of excel file
Post by: PRIT AMRIT on 15 Jun 2011 04:13:41 AM
QuoteI 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.