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DataLimitExceededException when trying to open a big Excel report with millions of cells

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Question

Error in Planning Analytics for Excel when trying to open a big Excel report that contains millions of cells:
IBM Framework for Office:
Cognos.Office.Tm1.Connections.DataLimitExceededException

Answer

Set CellSetMaxSize parameter located in:

C:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Local\Cognos\Office Connection\CognosOfficeReportingSettings.xml

For example:

  <setting name="CellsetMaxSize">5000000</setting>

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Modified date:
21 September 2021

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