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Custom map not visible when exported to Excel 2007

Troubleshooting


Problem

A user designed custom map using Map Manager renders correctly in HTML/Excel 2002/PDF. But report output in Export 2007 does not display the map.

Symptom

User gets the following error when opening the Excel 2007 output

When he selects yes and moves ahead, the user can see the other parts of the report properly but in place of the image map holder the user can see a red cross and error message as shown below. i.e. This image cannot currently be displayed.

[{"Product":{"code":"SSEP7J","label":"Cognos Business Intelligence"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Map Manager","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"10.2.2;10.2.1;10.2;10.1.1;10.1","Edition":"All Editions","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SS6G84","label":"IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Document Information

More support for:
Cognos Business Intelligence

Software version:
10.2.2, 10.2.1, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1

Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Document number:
546635

Modified date:
08 May 2025

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swg21980181

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