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Leading zeros getting truncated from a number field while after converting AX report to excel through code

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Posted on by Dev Shekhawat 45

Hi,

I have an AX report which i generate through code and save it as a document in excel format. But when i open that document leading zeros in that document gets truncated. For example i have a column named item number, item number = 000034, but when i open the excel it shows only 34. Four leading zeroes are truncated. Is there a way to handle this through code so that when i open the excel zeros are not truncated. 

Thanks in advance.

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    Hi Dev,

    Look at the link below on how to format data in the columns for each cell:

    daxjoyie.blogspot.fr/.../create-excel-file-using-x.html

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    This is a setting in Excel and not in AX. I think by default it always truncs leading zeros. You can export the number as string to have the zeros, but it would be text in Excel as well which might cause formulas to fail.

  • Mohammad Raziq Ali Profile Picture
    Mohammad Raziq Ali 2,486 on at

    Hi dev,

    try to use those number is string format in excel. It will work.

    hope this below link helps you.

    www.extendoffice.com/.../792-excel-add-leading-zeros-to-number-text.html

    Thanks,

    Raziq

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