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Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 20, 2023

RELATED IDEAS

set coulmn width for SYSTOOLS.GENERATE_SPREADSHEET when export to excel

It would be useful to be able to set column width for each column or *auto to make width fit data when creating excelfiles from SYSTOOLS.GENERATE_SPREADSHEET. 

Then the result looks better when creating and sending reports from the machine.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Jun 13, 2024
    This enhancement was delivered in June 2024 with IBM i 7.5 PTF Group level 7 and IBM i 7.4 PTF Group level 28.

    GENERATE_SPREADSHEET has been enhanced to generate proportional width columns for xls and xlsx formats.

    You can read about it on the fact page here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7031280

    Db2 for i development team
    IBM Power Systems Development
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 18, 2024
    IBM will use this Idea as input to planning, but no commitment is made or implied. This Idea will be updated in the future if IBM implements it.

    Db2 for i development team
    IBM Power Systems Development
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 9, 2024

    The SQL procedure SYSTOOLS.GENERATE_SPREADSHEET does not produce native Excel spreadsheets - it creates a comma-separated values (CSV) file, which does not have any formatting information.


    So it is not possible to specify any formatting this way.


    Instead I would suggest you look into Python or JavaScript libraries and use these to create a native Excel file with the formatting required. I have previously used the Python module xlsxwriter with great success.

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