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Configure EPM Add-In (MS Office Excel) and troubleshooting configuration issues.

May 7, 2014 | 9,750 Views |
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Background:

When I was on boarded to my new SAP BPC 10.0 project. I was given the BPC Server login and asked to configure and connect to SAP BPC system. So I tried connecting to BPC system thru EPM  Add-in (MS Excel) Login.

My desktop do not have pre-installed EPM Add-in so with the help of our basis team I followed certain steps. Due to the dependency on other team for configuring BPC EMP Add-In MS-Excel and the below issue I lost few project hours. I though this will be help to others and sharing to the community.

Step-1

Please log-on to the BPC server.

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Step-2

Select Planning and Consolidation administration

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Step-3

Down the EPM Add-In setup file to your local Disk

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Step-4

After executing the EPMadd-in setup file I faced the below error.

Note: I encountered the following issue -Required “Microsoft Visual Basic for Application 2010” when I tried to installing the setup file (shared in Step-3).

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Issue Root Cause: During the MS office installation my system administrator decided to do a lean/light installation (For Less disk space occupation and quicker installation time)

Solution for the issue:

1) Go to My Computer and thee Control Panel. And select as shown below.

2) Choose Uninstall or change a program.

3) Goto -Microsoft Office Professional. Select Change

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Step-5

Now after doing the configuration shown in the step-4. I could see the EPM Office Add in Excel added to the Excel and portal shows me the updated links as below.

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  4. Former Member

    Good article Ashok. Can you please share a similar document for Windows 7 and Office 2013.You cannot change the control panel settings when it comes to Office 2013. I am stuck with an error “The Following pre requisites are required – Microsoft Visual Basic for Application 2013 or later”.

    Regards,

    Sowmya

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    1. Ashok Babu Kumili Post author

      Hi Sowmya,

      My colleagues faced the similar issue in Window-7 and MS office 2013. The steps followed is same and they could fix this.

      Well a clue.

      1) If you have the admin prevelages in your computer

      2) Go to run command and type appwiz.cpl

      3) Find the MS office 2013

      4) Follow from the step-1 in the blob.

      Hope this is helpful.. Thank you

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