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[news.eclipse.birt.usability] Getting the formula error in the reports in excel format


Hi,

Am working on BIRT-2.3.2 . I am able to generate the reports in excel format.
But the problem is, it shows formula error on the grids in excel sheet , saying - "The number in this cell is formatted as text or preceded by an apostrophe" .
This error is shown for the fields like SSN and zipcode which are always numerical in nature.For an alphanumeric field like adddress, it does not show this error.


I have set the datatype of these fields as String and not integer. Because, if i set it to integer , it shows the values as for eg :2,333 for zipcode or SSN fields which does not make sense.

How do i get rid of this error .
Can anybody  please help me out.

Thanks