E-QR: Unable To Download Query To Excel: "Excel cannot open the file because the file format or file extension is not valid. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and that the file extension matches the format of the file." (Doc ID 2345506.1)

Last updated on APRIL 04, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

Query Manager runs to success, but errors are encountered using Download to Excel.
 
"Excel cannot open the file because the file format or file extension is not valid. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and that the file extension matches the format of the file."
alert('Unexpected exception in CApiObjectAdapterObjRef::DoMethod for Query.FormatBinaryResultString\n\n');Invalid parameter 1 for function WriteBinary. (2,116) WEBLIB_QUERY.ISCRIPT1.FieldFormula Name:IScript_ToExcel PCPC:4875 Statement:70

Other symptoms:

Getting the following error in 'stderr' file:

"java.io.IOException: There is not enough space in the file system.".

Cause

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