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Use ",[18,1346,106],{}," for generation, standard mode for formatting.",[1297,1349,1350,1355,1362],{},[1315,1351,1352],{},[18,1353,1354],{},"ValueError: Cannot convert to Excel",[1315,1356,1357,1358,1361],{},"Passing unsupported types (e.g., ",[18,1359,1360],{},"datetime.time",", custom objects)",[1315,1363,1364,1365,1368,1369,1372],{},"Serialize non-primitive types before assignment. Use ",[18,1366,1367],{},"isoformat()"," for times, ",[18,1370,1371],{},"str()"," for enums.",[1297,1374,1375,1380,1383],{},[1315,1376,1377,1379],{},[18,1378,110],{}," on large workbooks",[1315,1381,1382],{},"Full DOM parsing of files >50MB",[1315,1384,1385,1386,1388,1389,1392],{},"Enable ",[18,1387,102],{}," during ingestion. Process in chunks using ",[18,1390,1391],{},"ws.iter_rows()"," with explicit bounds.",[1297,1394,1395,1400,1403],{},[1315,1396,1397],{},[18,1398,1399],{},"KeyError: 'Sheet Name'",[1315,1401,1402],{},"Case sensitivity or trailing whitespace in sheet names",[1315,1404,1405,1406,1409,1410,1413],{},"Normalize names: ",[18,1407,1408],{},"ws = wb[sheet_name.strip()]",". Implement fallback to ",[18,1411,1412],{},"wb.sheetnames"," for fuzzy matching.",[184,1415,1417],{"id":1416},"formula-recalculation-limitations","Formula Recalculation Limitations",[14,1419,1420,1422,1423,1426,1427,1430],{},[18,1421,20],{}," writes formulas as strings but does not execute them. Excel recalculates upon opening, which is acceptable for most reporting pipelines. If downstream consumers require pre-calculated values, load the workbook with ",[18,1424,1425],{},"data_only=True"," to read cached results, or export to CSV first. 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