# Ignition 8.0.8 issue system.dataset.toExcel

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**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [March 6, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-8-issue-system-dataset-toexcel/32868 "2020-03-06T02:28:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tim/32/3361_2.png) [@Tim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-8-issue-system-dataset-toexcel/32868/3 "2020-03-06T15:07:20Z")

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I have had the same issue in 8.0.7 and 8.0.9. I've had to fall back to exporting to csv for now.

I think this may be a related post:

> [@\[BUG-15748\] Export excel problem in 8.0.8](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15748-export-excel-problem-in-8-0-8/32371):
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> Hey all, I just updated my Ignition servers to 8.0.8 from 7.9.12 and now I’m having a problem with the system.dataset.exportExcel() function. I get the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "\<event:actionPerformed\>", line 2, in \<module\> File "\<module:shared.genFunctions\>", line 10, in dataExport at org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook.validateSheetName(XSSFWorkbook.java:906) at org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook.createSheet(XSSFWorkbook.java:859) at com.…

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