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FDMEE: Exporting Mapping to Excel Returns Error "The file format and extension of [filename].xls don't match. The file could be corrupted or unsafe. Unless you trust its source, don't open it. Do you want to open it anyway?" (Doc ID 2977577.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Applies to:

Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management, Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.13.0.000 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Exporting Data Load Mapping to Excel through FDMEE returns with an error: 

"The file format and extension of [filename].xls don't match. The file could be corrupted or unsafe. Unless you trust its source, don't open it. Do you want to open it anyway?"

After the export, ".xlsm " file downloaded but it has 0 KB in size. It shows above error if tries to open it in Excel.

Changes

 "Map Export Excel File Format" option was set to .xls 

Cause

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