Thursday, March 29, 2012

Excel files are too large

I have the following problem with Reporting Services:
My report has about 6500 lines and 100 columns. When I export it into Excel
the size of the end file is about 20 Mb. As I have to send it using
subscriptions, it is a problem â' too large file for e-mail. Are there any
ways to minimize the size of output Excel file?
Regards,
Boris.Workaround:
Create a webpage containing your report, post it on the webserver, and
e-mail a link to this page to your customer.
It is faster, and more friendly designed ( and it began to be a
standard in modern distributed applications)
You also have to take care about "Garbage Collection": set an
expiration date for reports to be deleted from the webserver.
Have fun :)|||Are you using Service Pack 1? We did some sizing work but it still might be
too big for you.
--
Brian Welcker
Group Program Manager
Microsoft SQL Server
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Boris" <frolovBA@.trytoguessHM.com> wrote in message
news:CBAA6D77-E111-469F-8261-C0CC9A78A82B@.microsoft.com...
>I have the following problem with Reporting Services:
> My report has about 6500 lines and 100 columns. When I export it into
> Excel
> the size of the end file is about 20 Mb. As I have to send it using
> subscriptions, it is a problem - too large file for e-mail. Are there any
> ways to minimize the size of output Excel file?
> Regards,
> Boris.
>|||Thank you for your advice, but users of this report want to receive it in
Excel.
Iâ've made a workaround: Reporting Services save the Excel file into
directory and then my program archive it and send it through e-mail. But may
be I miss some details that can optimize the size of Report?
Regards,
Boris
"katzirina" wrote:
> Workaround:
> Create a webpage containing your report, post it on the webserver, and
> e-mail a link to this page to your customer.
> It is faster, and more friendly designed ( and it began to be a
> standard in modern distributed applications)
> You also have to take care about "Garbage Collection": set an
> expiration date for reports to be deleted from the webserver.
> Have fun :)
>|||Yes I use SP1.
Regards,
Boris.
"Brian Welcker [MS]" wrote:
> Are you using Service Pack 1? We did some sizing work but it still might be
> too big for you.
> --
> Brian Welcker
> Group Program Manager
> Microsoft SQL Server
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> "Boris" <frolovBA@.trytoguessHM.com> wrote in message
> news:CBAA6D77-E111-469F-8261-C0CC9A78A82B@.microsoft.com...
> >I have the following problem with Reporting Services:
> > My report has about 6500 lines and 100 columns. When I export it into
> > Excel
> > the size of the end file is about 20 Mb. As I have to send it using
> > subscriptions, it is a problem - too large file for e-mail. Are there any
> > ways to minimize the size of output Excel file?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Boris.
> >
>
>|||When you create the spreadsheet manually, how large is it? I just tried a
very simple sheet with no formatting and a single number per cell and it was
5 MB. The only way this would work through compression in the delivery
provider. We do not support this but there might be a 3rd party that does.
--
Brian Welcker
Group Program Manager
Microsoft SQL Server
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Boris" <frolovBA@.trytoguessHM.com> wrote in message
news:6A26B3A5-0CF5-4F3B-8B1A-3CB4F36B453E@.microsoft.com...
> Yes I use SP1.
> Regards,
> Boris.
> "Brian Welcker [MS]" wrote:
>> Are you using Service Pack 1? We did some sizing work but it still might
>> be
>> too big for you.
>> --
>> Brian Welcker
>> Group Program Manager
>> Microsoft SQL Server
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> "Boris" <frolovBA@.trytoguessHM.com> wrote in message
>> news:CBAA6D77-E111-469F-8261-C0CC9A78A82B@.microsoft.com...
>> >I have the following problem with Reporting Services:
>> > My report has about 6500 lines and 100 columns. When I export it into
>> > Excel
>> > the size of the end file is about 20 Mb. As I have to send it using
>> > subscriptions, it is a problem - too large file for e-mail. Are there
>> > any
>> > ways to minimize the size of output Excel file?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Boris.
>> >
>>|||When I create it manually itâ's about 6 Mb. Even if I made export to Excel
from Reporting Server, then open this 24 Mb file and save it â' it gets size
about 7 Mb. The only formatting I use are 0.5pt borders and number/date
formats.
Regards,
Boris.
"Brian Welcker [MS]" wrote:
> When you create the spreadsheet manually, how large is it? I just tried a
> very simple sheet with no formatting and a single number per cell and it was
> 5 MB. The only way this would work through compression in the delivery
> provider. We do not support this but there might be a 3rd party that does.
> --
> Brian Welcker
> Group Program Manager
> Microsoft SQL Server
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Boris" <frolovBA@.trytoguessHM.com> wrote in message
> news:6A26B3A5-0CF5-4F3B-8B1A-3CB4F36B453E@.microsoft.com...
> > Yes I use SP1.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Boris.
> >
> > "Brian Welcker [MS]" wrote:
> >
> >> Are you using Service Pack 1? We did some sizing work but it still might
> >> be
> >> too big for you.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Brian Welcker
> >> Group Program Manager
> >> Microsoft SQL Server
> >>
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >>
> >> "Boris" <frolovBA@.trytoguessHM.com> wrote in message
> >> news:CBAA6D77-E111-469F-8261-C0CC9A78A82B@.microsoft.com...
> >> >I have the following problem with Reporting Services:
> >> > My report has about 6500 lines and 100 columns. When I export it into
> >> > Excel
> >> > the size of the end file is about 20 Mb. As I have to send it using
> >> > subscriptions, it is a problem - too large file for e-mail. Are there
> >> > any
> >> > ways to minimize the size of output Excel file?
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Boris.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

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