Support for merged cells in uploaded Excel files

The values in the merged cells are now properly rendered.

In previous releases, only the upper-left cell value was rendered correctly, and Null was rendered in the remaining cells.

The following Excel file example contains merged cells:

Merged cells

When this file is uploaded into Cognos Analytics 11.2.1, the values in the merged cells are rendered in the following way:

Merged cells in 11.2.1

When this file is uploaded into Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 and earlier versions, the values in the merged cells are rendered in the following way:

Merged cells in 11.2.0 and earlier versions

For more information, see Uploaded files.