ACS - Add save to a new tab in Excel when using RSS.

This is not a viable solution because :

1. This is too many manual steps involved....prone to errors/issues.

2. ACS SQL scripts is where we join files, aggregate data and convert codes to meaningful data, etc for end users. Simply doing a data transfer from DB2 into an Excel tab is not the same at all.

3. We are trying to simplify processes, not make them more complex.

it would be helpful to have, on the save screen, an option to save to a new tab, or specify the name of the tab in the XLSX to save the data into.

In the steps you provided, it is the initial save of a previously unsaved spreadsheet that is causing the issue. If you open a previously saved spreadsheet (or do not do a save of a spreadsheet that does not already exist on disk), then attach to the Active Excel Spreadsheet using Data Transfer, you will be able to create and interact with new tabs (including doing saves) without issue. We will Decline the original request related to RSS.

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Found how to attach the document. Please review.

ACS - Add save to a new tab in Excel when using RSS

Here is a document on the process I have to follow. We have users that load multiple files into tabs on a spreadsheet. They then use macros to read the data across multiple sheets to provide the required results and graphs.

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• Select Data transfer from IBMi to PC.

• Complete the form.

• On selecting Active Excel Spreadsheet, Excel is automatically opened by ACS.

The name of the spreadsheet file cannot be changed.

• Do the Start Transfer.

• Save the spreadsheet.

• Leave spreadsheet open.

• Select or create a new tab/sheet.

• Enter new Data Transfer parameters.

• Click Start Transfer.

• Transfer errors out.

• This problem requires you to shut down and restart the data transfer.

• You cannot select the existing spreadsheet to add a new tab. You have to create a new spreadsheet each time and then copy and paste the data from 1 file into the first spreadsheet. This get messy if the sheets are large.

Basically, a lot of manual steps to create a new spreadsheet.

Setting back to "Need More Information" as we would like to hear back from the Submitter of the Idea.

The CAAC has reviewed this IBM Idea and recommends that IBM view this as a medium priority Idea that should be addressed.

This would be helpful for pulling data for executives.

Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual IBM Ideas on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your Idea.

For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac

Carmelita Ruvalcaba - CAAC Program Manager

Thank you for submitting your Idea to enhance IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS). We do not have plans to enable Run SQL Scripts (RSS) to interact with an active spreadsheet. However, we are considering allowing an existing spreadsheet to be updated without overwriting what is already there. If we did that, we could also consider enabling that support from RSS. Would that be a viable solution for you?

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