20579: Statistics can't be exported - LimeSurvey bugs and feature requests

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ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
20579	Bug reports	Statistics	public	2026-06-29 11:00	2026-06-29 11:01

Reporter	L.Guldi	Assigned To
Priority	none	Severity	minor
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	7.0.x

Summary	20579: Statistics can't be exported
Description	When trying to export a surveys statistics, while having the output option 'Show text responses inline: on', 'View summary of all available fields: on' and 'Show graphs: on' selected, the statistics can't be esported as an excel file. The file will be created but it will show an error in the actual file and no data. Furthermore, when using HTML for the output, the answers to the text responses won't be displayed.
Steps To Reproduce	Steps to reproduce Open any survey that contains text responses and head to 'statistics'. Select 'Show text responses inline: on' and export the data as an Excel file. Expected result An Excel file containing the statistics data of the survey. Actual result Fileformat and filextension mismatch Problems while loading due to missing files An Excel file with an Error 500: internal Servererror - Databaseerror message.
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Attached Files	Error500.png (26,276 bytes) Error500.png (26,276 bytes) Fileformat.png (9,604 bytes) Fileformat.png (9,604 bytes) MissingFiles.png (12,520 bytes) MissingFiles.png (12,520 bytes) survey_archive_498594.lsa (3,933 bytes)

Bug heat	2
Complete LimeSurvey version number (& build)	Version 7.0.5+260623
I will donate to the project if issue is resolved	No
Browser	Google Chrome
Database type & version	mariadb-10.11.18
Server OS (if known)	Linux Gentoo
Webserver software & version (if known)	apache-2.4.68
PHP Version	php-8.3

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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2026-06-29 11:00	L.Guldi	New Issue
2026-06-29 11:00	L.Guldi	File Added: Error500.png
2026-06-29 11:00	L.Guldi	File Added: Fileformat.png
2026-06-29 11:00	L.Guldi	File Added: MissingFiles.png
2026-06-29 11:00	L.Guldi	File Added: survey_archive_498594.lsa
2026-06-29 11:01	DenisChenu	Note Added: 85097
2026-06-29 11:01	DenisChenu	Bug heat	0 => 2

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DenisChenu 2026-06-29 11:01 developer ~85097	Can you enable debug = 2 in application/config/config.php and try again, please? Paste the complete error message here.