POWERUp 2019

Our businesses often want reports delivered in Excel format. While there are several ways to create these spreadsheets using RPG, they all have some drawbacks. Writing to the current XLSX format for Excel spreadsheets may seem a formidable challenge, but we will see that the prospect of success is better than it might seem at first. And we will see how to use tools such as CGIDEV2 to accomplish the task of creating these modern, highly-functional spreadsheets. This is the first of 2 sessions and presents the basic information needed to accomplish this task. The second, "advanced topics" session presents some interesting things that can be done using this methodology. This session should also be taken before the session on converting PRTFs to Excel spreadsheets.

Learning Objectives:


1. Understand the internal structure of modern Excel (XLSX) files
2. Identify various reporting scenarios, such as multiple sheets, static informational sheets, etc.
3. Understand how to design and implement an Excel (XLSX) application