How do I get Excel 2016 to open Jira issues exported in Excel format?

Chris Nelson July 21, 2016

I exported JIRA issues to an Excel file.  Excel 2016 cannot open the file - tried multiple permutations.  "Open with Repair" in Excel doesn't work either.  Has anyone figured out how to get Excel 2016 to open a file exported from Jira?

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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July 21, 2016

The latest versions of Office seem to have bugs - see https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/39432356

Chris Nelson July 21, 2016

Nailed it!  Not a bug per se - it seem some security settings were updated when I installed 2016.  There were no prompts or warnings when the file was being blocked - just opened up blank.

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July 22, 2016

I'd agree that the flaw might not be a bug, per se, but "not bothering to tell the user why I'm losing them time and data" is. wink

Deleted user July 28, 2016

And what settings must we change? 

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July 28, 2016

The ones mentioned in the answer linked to above.

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