I have shifted from Alteryx to Dataiku DSS. Within Alteryx there is an option to format the excel output which can be exported to get custom report. I am unable to locate a similar functionality in Dataiku DSS. Could you please help or point me in the right direction?
Based on your comment you are trying to format the cells and borders of the data so that this format is preserved when exporting to .xlsx format. This is not possible in the current version of Dataiku.
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I am exporting an .xlsx document to .csv but I during that conversion I am loosing the complete style. Column width style is loosing terribly I was using Mac OS Numbers app but If i remember it correctly same issue happened with Microsoft excel ( I do not have the windows machine to cross check that for the moment).
original excel image
Exported csv image
I was wondering whether this is an application related issue or is it something wrong in general.
Did anyone face the same issue ? I do not have idea about where to begin to solve the styling issue. Some pointer will be greatly appreciated.
I added apache poi tag because I created the original excel using apache-poi
CSV stands for "Comma Separated Value".
CSV is a text file. Basically, you can open it with Excel or with a basic text editor. It is not made for storing formatting.
If you need to deal with formatted table then you have to choose another format.
I am trying to produce a report which should ultimately be exported in Excel format.
The template of the report is available to me in Excel.
Is there a smart way to "reverse engineer the Excel" in order to design the report (if possible respecting the position of the cells).
I thought about importing an html version of the report but I was wondering whether there is already a standard method for doing that before starting to reinvent the wheel.
I believe you are trying to achieve reporting bursting feature in an excel format.
You can try using Pentaho Reporting Output. Pass your pentaho report name to this step and choose the output as Excel. Note: you need to have a pentaho report built using Pentaho report designer.
Alternatively, you can use the Excel Output step in Pentaho DI. Link your excel template in the "Excel Template"/"Use Template" section of the step. Pass you reporting query and generate the excel report.
Hope this helps :)
I'm currently using an excel document as a template for generating a report. This is done by first specifying an 'Xml Map' in Excel and then importing data against it. The report generation works fine.
The problem is that I want the display format on the cell to be 'General' and not 'Text' after the import. I came across this link (yes, Excel 2007)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/excel-help/xml-schema-definition-xsd-data-type-support-HP010206414.aspx#BMxsdexport
The link specifies that Excel will set string data from the xml import to display as 'Text' by default. I need this to be displayed as 'General' instead. Is there a way to do this?
The only solution I've come up with so far is to use a macro to change the display format after opening the document but if I can do it using only Excel settings it would be better.
Try to use the text import feature: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/text-import-wizard-HP010102244.aspx
NOTE: the important step that should address your need is the "Column data format" section, which often gets overlooked as it is the last step of the import. I hope that helps.
The mapping cannot be changed.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/fdf99171-0a53-4716-9e72-25afc36ddf90/specify-excel-display-format-while-importing-data
I have been searching for the logic to convert the SpreadSheet data of an excel into XML format.
I have the thousands of data like shown below. i want to convert this into XML format.
Anyone please help me, any help would be appreciated greatly.
According to the screenshot, your Excel version allows to save your document using XML Spreadsheet 2003 format: Save As... > Other Formats and locate it in the dropdown (at least for Excel 2007 it works as described).
Resulting XML will contain much of the native Excel Workbook fields and nodes, but they're might be easily removed using any more or less advanced XML editor, e.g. Altova XMLSpy or any similar. However, cleanup depends entirely on your further needs.
For your convenience may see sample Excel book and XML generated from it as described above: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kxmxu2tq52y4m9b/ExcelToXML.zip
Good luck!
I make a report as pdf.It s fine. But when I export it to excel ,there are many sheets on excel . I do not wan to it.I want to 1 sheet.How can I fix this?
Thanks.
Depends on your Cognos version you can use the Excel 2000 single sheet format in Cognos 8.X:
Cognos 8.4.1 Excel Formats
However, I assume you are using Cognos 10.X. In this version this feature is deprecated:
Excel 2000 and Excel 2000 Single Sheet Report Outputs
So, you can use the following options:
1. Export report in CSV or Excel 2007 Data format. This is excellent choice if format is not required.
2. Change your report layout to support single sheet excel: Create all your report objects in one page, remove any page sets definition.
You can use render variable to create separate output for Excel and separate output for other formats.