PM67635: EXCEL "TEXT" CHANGES TO "NUMBER" WHEN USING EXTERNAL DATASOURCE FEATURE

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• Excel file has some numbers ( formatted to text in Excel). In
  the external utility screen I am??specifying the column from
  excel as "text". But when I pull the data on a report it is
  formatting it as a number. For ex.. If the original value??on
  the excel file was 12345, cognos report is showing up 12345.0000
  and not as 12345.????In cognos if the format is not changed to
  "text", this displays as expected-12345??
  

Local fix

• do not change the format within cognos or format in Excel as "in
  teger" instead of "text"
  

Problem summary

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Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

• RA21 PSN

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