Specify whether the PivotTable is compatible for Excel2003 while refreshing PivotTable

Specify whether the PivotTable is compatible for Excel2003 while refreshing PivotTable

The following sample code explains the usage of PivotTable.IsExcel2003Compatible property. The original string is 383 characters long. But when PivotTable.IsExcel2003Compatible property is set to true and pivot table is refreshed, the data of cell B5 of the pivot table is truncated and it becomes 255 characters long. However, when PivotTable.IsExcel2003Compatible property is set false and pivot table is again refreshed, the data of cell B5 of the pivot table is not truncated and remains 383 characters long. Please download the sample excel file used in this code, output excel file generated by it and its console output for your reference. Please also read the comments inside the code for better understanding of this property.

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-cells/Aspose.Cells-for-Java
// The path to the resource directory.
String dataDir = Utils.getSharedDataDir(IsPivotTableCompatibleForExcel2003.class) + "Conversion/";
//Load source excel file containing sample pivot table
Workbook wb = new Workbook(dataDir + "sample-pivot-table.xlsx");
//Access first worksheet that contains pivot table data
Worksheet dataSheet = wb.getWorksheets().get(0);
//Access cell A3 and sets its data
Cells cells = dataSheet.getCells();
Cell cell = cells.get("A3");
cell.putValue("FooBar");
//Access cell B3 and sets its data
//We set B3 a very long string which has more than 255 characters
String longStr = "Very long text 1. very long text 2. very long text 3. very long text 4. very long text 5. very long text 6. very long text 7. very long text 8. very long text 9. very long text 10. very long text 11. very long text 12. very long text 13. very long text 14. very long text 15. very long text 16. very long text 17. very long text 18. very long text 19. very long text 20. End of text.";
cell = cells.get("B3");
cell.putValue(longStr);
//Print the length of cell B3 string
System.out.println("Length of original data string: " + cell.getStringValue().length());
//Access cell C3 and sets its data
cell = cells.get("C3");
cell.putValue("closed");
//Access cell D3 and sets its data
cell = cells.get("D3");
cell.putValue("2016/07/21");
//Access the second worksheet that contains pivot table
Worksheet pivotSheet = wb.getWorksheets().get(1);
//Access the pivot table
PivotTable pivotTable = pivotSheet.getPivotTables().get(0);
//IsExcel2003Compatible property tells if PivotTable is compatible for Excel2003 while refreshing PivotTable.
//If it is true, a string must be less than or equal to 255 characters, so if the string is greater than 255 characters,
//it will be truncated. If false, a string will not have the aforementioned restriction.
//The default value is true.
pivotTable.setExcel2003Compatible(true);
pivotTable.refreshData();
pivotTable.calculateData();
//Check the value of cell B5 of pivot sheet.
//It will be 255 because we have set IsExcel2003Compatible property to true
//All the data after 255 characters has been truncated
Cell b5 = pivotSheet.getCells().get("B5");
System.out.println("Length of cell B5 after setting IsExcel2003Compatible property to True: " + b5.getStringValue().length());
//Now set IsExcel2003Compatible property to false and again refresh
pivotTable.setExcel2003Compatible(false);
pivotTable.refreshData();
pivotTable.calculateData();
//Now it will print 383 the original length of cell data
//The data has not been truncated now.
b5 = pivotSheet.getCells().get("B5");
System.out.println("Length of cell B5 after setting IsExcel2003Compatible property to False: " + b5.getStringValue().length());
//Set the row height and column width of cell B5 and also wrap its text
pivotSheet.getCells().setRowHeight(b5.getRow(), 100);
pivotSheet.getCells().setColumnWidth(b5.getColumn(), 65);
Style st = b5.getStyle();
st.setTextWrapped(true);
b5.setStyle(st);
//Save workbook in xlsx format
wb.save(dataDir + "output.xlsx", SaveFormat.XLSX);

Console Output

Here is the console output of the above sample code when it is executed with the given sample excel file.

 Length of original data string: 383

Length of cell B5 after setting IsExcel2003Compatible property to True: 255

Length of cell B5 after setting IsExcel2003Compatible property to False: 383