IBM Cognos Impromptu

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Large Numeric Values are Rounded When Saved as Excel with Format

When you save a report as Excel with format, IBM Cognos Impromptu and Impromptu Web Reports exports the full numeric precision. However, due to limitations in Microsoft Excel, the full value does not appear.

Microsoft Excel 2000 and Microsoft Excel 2002 calculation specifications indicate that Excel numeric precision is limited to 15 digits. As a result, when you manually enter a value, the number is rounded and truncated after the 15th digit. The remaining digits are replaced with zeros.

To avoid this problem, convert the value from a number to a string using the Microsoft Excel number-to-string function.

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Excel Column 255 Width in a Crosstab Too Small

When saving an IBM Cognos Impromptu report to Excel with Format, the width of Excel column 255 may not be large enough to display the data. If so, change the column width manually within Excel. For more information, check the Excel online help for "Change column width".

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Images and Charts do not Appear When Viewed in Excel Office 2007

When viewing an Impromptu or Impromptu Web Reports report containing charts or images in Excel Office 2007, the charts or images do not appear. This problem is due to a Microsoft issue. For more information, visit the Microsoft Support site (http://support.microsoft.com) and search the Knowledge Base for article 938565. A hotfix is available to correct the problem.

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Problem Opening Quick Tours Due to Pop-up Blocker Setting in Browser

If you click the link for an IBM Cognos Series 7 Quick Tour and it fails to open, check the pop-up blocker setting in your Web browser. Some browsers, such as Firefox, block pop-up windows by default. For the tours to launch correctly from their links, you must disable pop-up blockers.

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Word Wrapping and Truncation in Impromptu Series 7 Version 4 Charts

The Word wrap and Truncate options, previously available on the category axis of a chart, are no longer available.

In Impromptu Series 7 Version 4, although text for the category axis is no longer truncated and word wrapping is no longer a selectable option, you can modify the properties of the category axis by changing the font style and size, and staggering labels.

Upgraded reports will display and format all data properly.

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Incorrect Header and Footer Formatting in Excel

If an Impromptu Report contains a header or footer with localized information, for example German text, the header or footer information is not be translated when the report is saved as Excel. This is a Microsoft Excel issue.

For more information, go to the Microsoft Support site (http://support.microsoft.com) and search the Knowledge Base for article 928134.

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Hebrew Text Displayed in Chart Elements

In some chart elements, bi-directional Hebrew text may be displayed in a "logical" order rather than the expected "visual" order.

For more information, go to http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/bidi/

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Topic Does Not Exist Error

You may get an error if you click the Help button in the following locations when working in the Chart Properties dialog box.

• On the General tab of the Grids and Scales dialog box when modifying the properties for a radar chart.

To access the help information, select a different tab, for example, Scales, and click the Help button. The help topic that appears, Grids and Scales Dialog Box Controls, is the same topic that should appear when you use the Help button on the General tab.

• On the Choose a Pattern dialog box when formatting the chart background.

To access the help information, close the Choose a Pattern dialog box and click the Help button on the Fill tab of the Formatting dialog box. The help topic that appears is the same topic that should appear when you use the Help button on the Choose a Pattern dialog box.

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