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Title: Excel 2000 report not opening
Post by: lifzgud on 14 Sep 2009 11:27:12 PM
Hi ,
When i generate a report in excel 2000 in cognos report studio it opens fine (with a warning).
When i save it an open it in excel 2003 or 2007,It is throwing errors saying Missing file:a1 Missing file:a2 and so on.
Please help
Title: Re: Excel 2000 report not opening
Post by: hpmkruit on 15 Sep 2009 12:12:10 AM
What is the warning given by cognos?
Title: Re: Excel 2000 report not opening
Post by: lifzgud on 16 Sep 2009 04:41:23 AM
Some of the files in this Web Page aren't in the expected location.Do you want to download them anyway?If you're siure the webpage is from a trusted source,click Yes
Title: Re: Excel 2000 report not opening
Post by: hpmkruit on 17 Sep 2009 02:05:21 AM
Maybe you're just saving the link to the report, not the report itself? If Cognos doesn't physically store the report you can't open it with Excel. i think Cognos just stores the run parameters and re-runs the report when you open your 'saved' report