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Running reports as Excel generates files that are too large and take too long to open

Troubleshooting


Problem

This document provides an explanation for the following observations: The file that is generated from running a report as Excel seems unnecessarily big for the amount of data in it. The file also takes much longer to open in Excel than other files with the same number of rows and columns. Furthermore, after re-saving the report from within Excel, the file becomes much smaller.

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1035653

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Modified date:
30 April 2025

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