Symptom
You want to know what are the resulting file formats possible for the AO workbooks scheduled via BI Platform.
Environment
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform
Resolution
One of the prerequisites for scheduling AO workbooks in BI Platform (BIP) is to save the original AO workbooks in the platform with file format .xlsx or .xlsm. These are the only ones supported for scheduling.
Once you click to schedule an AO workbook saved in BIP, you are basically refreshing this workbook (precalculation step) and dispatching the resulting workbook via e-mail. There is no way of changing the file format as you are dispatching a copy of the own saved workbook, but refreshed according to the scheduling variables set in BIP.
The resulting workbook format will be the same as of the AO workbook saved in BIP (.xlsx or .xlsm).
See Also
2134836 - Checklist for Scheduling of Analysis for Office Workbooks
Keywords
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