topic excel file name in Water Cooler https://community.qlik.com/t5/Water-Cooler/excel-file-name/m-p/361087#M1070 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is it possible to assign a defined name to the .xls file exported from an object (for example giving the name of the object)?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 21 May 2012 13:25:36 GMT 2012-05-21T13:25:36Z excel file name https://community.qlik.com/t5/Water-Cooler/excel-file-name/m-p/361087#M1070 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is it possible to assign a defined name to the .xls file exported from an object (for example giving the name of the object)?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 21 May 2012 13:25:36 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Water-Cooler/excel-file-name/m-p/361087#M1070 2012-05-21T13:25:36Z excel file name https://community.qlik.com/t5/Water-Cooler/excel-file-name/m-p/361088#M1071 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, </P><P>The default name is ObjectID_Date_Timestamp.xls</P><P>Thus, if you set objectID with a more meaningful name, it will be on your filename</P><P></P><P>If you need to fully control the name, you will need to include a macro in a button. </P><P>You can use some examples and codes from this thread. </P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://community.qlik.com/message/8253#8253">http://community.qlik.com/message/8253#8253</A></P><P></P><P> Hope this helps, </P><P></P><P>Erich</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 May 2012 02:29:01 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Water-Cooler/excel-file-name/m-p/361088#M1071 erichshiino 2012-05-24T02:29:01Z