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Formatting calculated fields in DataSets for Excel extract

pvandeginste
Honored Contributor

Hi,

 

we are currently using a DataSet in V1R3CP12 to extract data, and export it to Excel via the HOPEX UI. There are 2 fields in particular that appear to cause some issues when exported to Excel:

1) a computed date field: I've set the DataSet PropertyItem to "DateTime". In the DataSet result in the HOPEX UI it shows as expected here in the US - "MM/DD/YYYY". But when I then extract to Excel (using the HOPEX UI), it converts the same date to "DD/MM/YYYY". Is there a way around this?

2) a computed field where we display the objects _HexaIdAbs attribute: when some values get extracted to Excel, Excel reads them as numbers and converts them for example to "7.895E12". Again, is there a way to prevent this?

 

Thanks!

Philippe

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makloska
Senior Member

I would also like to know how to set a default format for an meta attribute like in my case only "yyyy".