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Prevent merging columns in excel output using rtf template
1. Prevent Merging Columns in Excel Output using RTF template
While creatingaBI PublisherReport,we developtemplatesusingRTFtemplate asitprovidesmultiple
outputformatslike Interactive Mode,PDF,XLSX,XML,CSV etc whichare not possible withany other
templateslikeXLS,E-TEXT,etc.
One problemmostof the people face iswhentheytryto downloadthe excel outputusingRTFtemplate,
the excel outputcontainsmergedcolumnsandhence the enduserscannotapplyfiltersandget
meaningful dataout of the output.Here isthe solutionforthe issue.There isasettingavailable inBI
PublisherReportpropertieswhere we cansetthe property.
Afterclickingedit,clickonpropertiesatthe righttop.
2. ClickSave to save the changes.
Once thischange is done,nowrunthe reportagain,thenthe outputwill nothave anymergedcolumns
and the enduserscan happilyfilterorsortthe data.
Hope thishelps.
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