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By the end of this section you will be able to associate an a Microsoft Excel template with a view.

First, specify the location of excel templates.

1. Find System Configuration in the repository browser. It is right at the bottom of the list.
2. Open System Configuration and expand the System Directories section.
3. Make a note of directory specified in the Template Location, which is set to something like /opt/phixflow/excelTemplates.

You will now use a template from this directory to format one of the views you created:

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Open the model Dashboards and Forms 01-08: Views, filters and dashboards in the workspace.

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Click on the icon for the Overall Debt Levels stream to open its configuration form.

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About the Excel templates used in this section

In this tutorial section, you will use an Excel template called debtOverview.xls that is already stored on the PhixFlow server.

We have included a copy of this template in train.zip. To see what the template looks like:

1. Download train.zip and extract the contents to a folder on your computer (indicated as <path> in  in the following instructions).
2. Open <path>\train\excelTemplates\debtOverview.xls. The file opens with one worksheet, called Formatted Data, which shows how the data will be formatted.
3. If the file is protected, enable editing.
4. There is a another, hidden worksheet. To view it, right-click on the Formatted Data worksheet tab and select Unhide.

The Excel file now has a tab called Basic Data. This worksheet is blank, ready for PhixFlow to populate it with data. Once the first sheet is populated, you can use the data in other sheets.

Find the location of Excel templates

1. In the repository browser, scroll to the bottom of the list and open System Configuration.
2. Expand the System Directories section.
3. Make a note of directory specified in the Template Location, which is set to something like /opt/phixflow/excelTemplates.

Specify an Excel template in a stream view

1. Open the model Dashboards and Forms 01-08: Views, filters and dashboards in the workspace.

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2. Open the settings tab for the stream view called Overall Debt Levels. To do this:

   1. First, in the model, click on the stream icon to open the settings for the  Overall Debt Levels stream.

   2. Then, in the stream settings → Views section, double-click on the view called Overall Debt Levels.
3. Add an Excel template to the stream view. In settings → Advanced section → Excel Template, enter debtOverview.xls, then click 

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Export stream view data to Excel

1. Open the stream view Overall Debt Levels and check it has data.

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2. In the stream view, click the toolbar icon 

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   the data to Excel.You will see the exported data from PhixFlow in the first worksheet and the formatted output on the second worksheet.

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3. PhixFlow opens the Download Data Options window. Click the Excel icon.
4. PhixFlow opens a notification in the the bottom right of your screen. Click the notification to download the Excel file.
5. Open the Excel file.
   1. If necessary, enable editing.
   2. Unhide the Basic Data worksheet to see the exported source data.
   3. Switch to the Formatted Data worksheet and notice that the debt level is colour-coded.

Snapshot of the formatted Excel data:

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