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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM i
Categories IBM i Access Family
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 8, 2019

Sheet Name in Excel After Data Transfer

We've migrated almost all our old .dtf files to the new .dtfx format after upgrading most of our PCs from IBM i Client Access for Windows to Access Client Solutions. Transfers to and from the IBM i seem to have gone well, however we recently noticed that transferring from the IBM to an Excel file automatically renames the Sheet in the file to part of the library.filename:

For example: “A9PRDDTA.INVONHAND2(INVO>Sheet1”

Previously, the Sheet name would simply match the Excel file name. The recent update in 1.1.8.1 (currently on 1.1.8.2) allows the use of Sheet%2$s in the AcsConfig.properties file, however that only names the sheet to Sheet1.

If there was a way to modify the config properties file to allow the data transfer to keep the sheet named the same as the Excel file name as it had done previously, that would be very helpful to our Access Client users that have set macros to target sheet names.


Use Case:

We've migrated almost all our old .dtf files to the new .dtfx format after upgrading most of our PCs from IBM i Client Access for Windows to Access Client Solutions. Transfers to and from the IBM i seem to have gone well, however we recently noticed that transferring from the IBM to an Excel file automatically renames the Sheet in the file to part of the library.filename:

For example: “A9PRDDTA.INVONHAND2(INVO>Sheet1”

Previously, the Sheet name would simply match the Excel file name. The recent update in 1.1.8.1 (currently on 1.1.8.2) allows the use of Sheet%2$s in the AcsConfig.properties file, however that only names the sheet to Sheet1.

If there was a way to modify the config properties file to allow the data transfer to keep the sheet named the same as the Excel file name as it had done previously, that would be very helpful to our Access Client users that have set macros to target sheet names for a while now.


Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Dec 9, 2019

    This is now available in our 1.1.8.3 update.

  • Guest
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    Oct 4, 2019

    In our next update available in November 2019, we will support a 3rd option of %3$s which can be specified with the property com.ibm.iaccess.dataxfer.SheetId in AcsConfig.properties which should satisfy this request.