# Easy Chart .xls Export Fails

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-xls-export-fails/19881>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 28, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-xls-export-fails/19881 "2018-09-28T14:47:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![m.currier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/m.currier/32/4238_2.png) [@m.currier](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/m.currier)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-xls-export-fails/19881/1 "2018-09-28T14:47:30Z")

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When I export data from an easy-chart the resulting .xls file contains nothing but a header. Excel won’t open the file at all. Has anyone seen this? Any settings that may cause this?

The trend itself displays fine and I can pull the data out using system.tag.queryTagHistory() & system.dataset.exportExcel() - this works great…but not the default “Save” button on the easy-chart.

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**Author:** ![ethomason](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ethomason/32/43338_2.png) [@ethomason](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ethomason)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-xls-export-fails/19881/2 "2018-09-28T14:57:07Z")

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Which version of Ignition?

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**Author:** ![m.currier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/m.currier/32/4238_2.png) [@m.currier](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/m.currier)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-xls-export-fails/19881/3 "2018-09-28T16:01:33Z")

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Ignition Gateway 7.9.8

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-xls-export-fails/19881/4 "2018-09-28T16:11:52Z")

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Fixed in 7.9.9: [https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/changelog/534](https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/changelog/534)

> Fixed the Easy Chart Component's "Save Data for Excel" export. The file will no longer be empty if the Easy Chart contained data.