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DatamirHub
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1 year ago
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Repeat Column headers on paginated reports (Excel, Docs export)

Hello, Did anyone manage to make the column headers for paginated reports table be repeated and fixed for excel and docs export, Because I followed the steps of making the row headers repeat and k...
  • Ritaf1983's avatar
    1 year ago

    Hi DatamirHub 

    Unlike PDF exports, Excel does not have defined "pages", so the settings to repeat row headers on each page (like RepeatOnNewPage or "Repeat header rows on each page") do not apply when exporting to Excel or Word.

    This is why the headers repeat correctly in paginated reports and PDF exports, but not in Excel or Docs.

    Workarounds:

    • In Excel, row headers can be set to repeat manually after export by using Page Layout → Print Titles. This is not controlled from SSRS.

    • A possible but impractical workaround is to insert the header rows manually every N rows.

    • In Word exports, behavior is inconsistent and depends on how the table structure is rendered.

    This is a known limitation of paginated reports when exporting to non-paginated formats like Excel or Word.

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