Transition from Microsoft to Google

RE: Transition from Microsoft to Google

Mike Schmitt — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:11:01 GMT

Hey Jamal -

Just FYI, .xlsx is an open (XML based) format, so Excel shouldn't be *strictly* required. If they're wanting the ability to open documents 100% locally, which it sounds like you're saying, it might be worthwhile to suggest that the free office suite LibreOffice has built-in support for Excel files, and therefore should support download-time opening of your report files after only minimal configuration at the individual PC level.

I'm not sure if there's any easy solution that completely bypasses .xlsx hard copies, though I suppose (with quite a bit of extra work) there could be options available through Google Drive integration.

RE: Transition from Microsoft to Google

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:01:14 GMT

You might be able to directly create the export spreadsheet file in Google and provide the link to the user.

RE: Transition from Microsoft to Google

Jamal Case — Fri, 08 May 2026 17:30:34 GMT

Currently, our export functionality has a download link of the excel document. In order to open you need to have Microsoft Excel on your machine. I wanted to know what's the alternative for google and best practices for implementing this.

RE: Transition from Microsoft to Google

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 08 May 2026 13:53:06 GMT

I support this. Google Workspace supports Excel files.

RE: Transition from Microsoft to Google

subhankar-Maantic — Fri, 08 May 2026 03:15:12 GMT

As far as I am aware, google workspace fully supports viewing and editing of xlsx files. Can you please check on that. Or CSV could be an option.