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Report Manager R12 : After Applying MS Excel Security Patch Blank Excel Outputs Are Generated (Doc ID 2173609.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Report Manager - Version 12.1.2 to 12.2 [Release 12.1 to 12.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

On : 12.1.2 version, Core Functionality

ACTUAL BEHAVIOR
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MS Office 2010, Internet Explorer 9 and Windows 7.

Excel output showing blank page for reports ; this is for all reports published through Report Manager - all subledgers, custom or standard.
PDF and HTML works fine.  No error messages are displayed.

 Previously the users had the workaround:
Trust Center:
protected view - disable all options
macro settings - trust access to vba project

This no longer works.

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR
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Expected to be able to view excel outputs properly in Excel

STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Publish any reports through Report Manager
2. Observe the excel is opened empty.



Changes

 None.

Cause

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