Formatting fails due to error “The input file already contains formatting styles”

Hi all,

I have the same issue as one other member in the following post:

Hello, I want to format an Excel file I previously created via the “Excel Writer” node. My workflow looks like this: Read existing Excel-file Transform the data Write into new file Format the new file But when I try to load the file via “XLS Formatter (apply)” node, I always receive the “Execute failed: The input file already contains formatting styles. This is currently unsupported in our extension beyond a degree that KNIME’s XLS Writer and Sheet Appender nodes would utilize.” error. I don…

I also tried to apply the suggested workaround but it does not work for me. Does anybody else have an idea to overcome this error message?

Thanks a lot in advance!

BR,

Tim