# Report exporting to an excel file **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [March 4, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-exporting-to-an-excel-file/23032 "2019-03-04T15:15:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eduardo.ojalvo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/eduardo.ojalvo/32/14356_2.png) [@eduardo.ojalvo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eduardo.ojalvo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-exporting-to-an-excel-file/23032/1 "2019-03-04T15:15:13Z")
Hi everybody. I have a problem when i export to an Excel file my report by right click button.(Save as XLS) Always i have an empty Excel file with zero bytes. Any idea? Thank you very much. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-exporting-to-an-excel-file/23032/2 "2019-03-04T15:44:33Z")
What version of Ignition are you on? This is an issue in 7.9.8, not present/fixed in every other version. Unfortunately, there’s no workaround other than updating the system. ---
**Author:** ![eduardo.ojalvo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/eduardo.ojalvo/32/14356_2.png) [@eduardo.ojalvo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eduardo.ojalvo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-exporting-to-an-excel-file/23032/3 "2019-03-04T15:45:35Z")
my ignition version is V 7.9.10 ---
**Author:** ![eduardo.ojalvo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/eduardo.ojalvo/32/14356_2.png) [@eduardo.ojalvo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eduardo.ojalvo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-exporting-to-an-excel-file/23032/4 "2019-03-12T16:11:42Z")
Hi Paul. Could you tell me something about the question to export to an Excel file? It´s odd because when i export it to PDF it works fine. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![fcarrion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/fcarrion/32/24407_2.png) [@fcarrion](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/fcarrion)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-exporting-to-an-excel-file/23032/5 "2020-02-12T04:10:16Z")
Hi Paul, I have the same issue on 7.9.12. Weird thing is that it only happens in some reports, not in all of the ones I have on the same project. Any workaround ideas please? ---
**Author:** ![SergioS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@SergioS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SergioS)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-exporting-to-an-excel-file/23032/6 "2020-06-11T07:32:26Z")
same problem in 7.9.13… ---
**Author:** ![scazorla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@scazorla](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/scazorla)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-exporting-to-an-excel-file/23032/7 "2021-09-23T07:18:58Z")
Hi, I have the same problem in Ignition 8.0.16 with Vision Module v.10.0.16. Any ideas? Thank you ---
**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 23, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-exporting-to-an-excel-file/23032/8 "2021-09-23T14:20:18Z")
Are you in contact with support? There’s a lot of potential problems between report generation and Excel exporting. Support can help you with loggers to turn on to try to trace exactly where things are going wrong, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![scazorla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@scazorla](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/scazorla)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-exporting-to-an-excel-file/23032/9 "2021-09-23T15:22:54Z")
No, I was hoping that sb could help me through this forum but I can send an email to support. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![bastien\_8tor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@bastien\_8tor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bastien_8tor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-exporting-to-an-excel-file/23032/10 "2021-10-18T07:23:39Z")
Hi everybody, I have the same problem in ignition-8.1.7 (empty Excel file with zero bytes), anyone received feedback from support? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![gdube](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/gdube/32/41701_2.png) [@gdube](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gdube)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-exporting-to-an-excel-file/23032/11 "2023-02-02T16:08:15Z")
I just had this issue, Ignition 8.1.22, and mine was caused by including a SimpleTable in the header or summary section of a Table. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/3/8355919903abca699033f1aa6ad5e6623c01e77f.png) It's annoying since I'm using this trick to show data in a different format after other peer table(s). EDIT: I had this error in my Vision app when I was trying to export the report. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/7/579382ccdbc6fad6c5e07ab67ebc708a081ad218.png)