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EBS 12.1.3 BI Publisher Excel templates generate XLS instead of XLSX and limit row number to 65,536

Avatar photoCustomer November 27, 2019 at 9:36 am

We are stuck running critical high-volume reports in EBS 12.1.3, specifically related to Supply Chain transactions, because the exports fail immediately after reaching 65,536 rows. Is this a known limitation with Oracle’s standard tools?

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    • Support November 29, 2019 at 4:57 am  

      Yes, this is a known technical constraint commonly encountered in EBS 12.1.3 environments. The standard BI Publisher Excel templates often generate output in the older XLS format, which is restricted to 65,536 rows, rather than the newer XLSX format. This architectural limitation severely restricts high-volume reporting.

    • Avatar photoCustomer November 30, 2019 at 6:56 pm  

      How can Blitz Report provide a solution for generating these large operational reports without hitting this Excel row limit?

    • Support December 2, 2019 at 2:57 am  

      Blitz Report fundamentally addresses this problem by operating independently of these BI Publisher restrictions. It generates perfectly formatted Excel or CSV files and explicitly states that it has no volume limitations. Whether you need to process 50,000 records or 5 million records, Blitz Report is designed to handle the data output efficiently, thereby bypassing the obsolete 65,536 row constraint.

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