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Excel output contains all significant digits, but we'd like to control this.

Troubleshooting


Problem

We built a report and when we output it to MS Excel we would like to see a 1 decimal value. For example 2.1 would be displayed in Excel. But when we click on that field in Excel, we see 2.12 in the formula bar.

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Historical Number

1029366

Document Information

More support for:
Cognos Business Intelligence

Software version:
10.2.2, 10.2.1, 10.2

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

Document number:
369515

Modified date:
08 May 2025

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swg21341479

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