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powerbiexpert22
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Paginated report export excel issue

I have created Paginated report (link is provide below) . After exporting in excel the height of the 11th row (which consist of multiple lines is not expanded as shown below . I want larger height in order to show all lines in a cell as shown below

 

sample rdl file:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rv6kaNH8VbhKYKhiHrXLrSEXoI2JXdMb/view?usp=drive_link

 

current :

powerbiexpert22_0-1754932294316.png

expected:

powerbiexpert22_1-1754932363896.png

 

 

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OwenAuger
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Hi @powerbiexpert22 

This appears to be a quirk related to merged cells in paginated reports exported to Excel.

If the report layout results in a merged cell in a given row of the exported Excel file, the row height for that row will not adjust automatically.

 

In your example, the boundaries of the two Text Boxes are not aligned with the columns of the Tablix, which forces certain cells to be merged when the layout is constructed for Excel.

 

To illustrate a possible fix, if you resize the Text Boxes as shown below to align with the Tablix columns as in the attached RDL, the row height expands as expected in the Excel export.

Edited RDL

 

Design view

OwenAuger_0-1754969694463.png

Excel export

OwenAuger_1-1754969871297.png

 

This seems to be a longstanding issue that exists in SSRS.

See here:

SSRS won't expand the row height when exported to Excel

How to Eliminate Excel Column Merging in Exported SSRS Reports 

 

Does this help fix the issue at your end?


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OwenAuger
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Hi @powerbiexpert22 

This appears to be a quirk related to merged cells in paginated reports exported to Excel.

If the report layout results in a merged cell in a given row of the exported Excel file, the row height for that row will not adjust automatically.

 

In your example, the boundaries of the two Text Boxes are not aligned with the columns of the Tablix, which forces certain cells to be merged when the layout is constructed for Excel.

 

To illustrate a possible fix, if you resize the Text Boxes as shown below to align with the Tablix columns as in the attached RDL, the row height expands as expected in the Excel export.

Edited RDL

 

Design view

OwenAuger_0-1754969694463.png

Excel export

OwenAuger_1-1754969871297.png

 

This seems to be a longstanding issue that exists in SSRS.

See here:

SSRS won't expand the row height when exported to Excel

How to Eliminate Excel Column Merging in Exported SSRS Reports 

 

Does this help fix the issue at your end?


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