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2036047 - How to Show Up the SAP Business ByDesign tab in Microsoft Excel

Symptom

You have already installed the SAP Add In for Microsoft Excel successfully, however the SAP Business ByDesign tab is not displayed from the Excel menu.

Reproducing the Issue

Although you have already installed the SAP Add In for Microsoft Excel the Tab is not shown as below:

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Cause

The Visual Studio Toll for Office file (.vsto) for the SAP Add-in is not started in the Excel Add-in setup. By consequence, the SAP Add-in does not start.

 

Resolution

In order to show up the SAP Business ByDesign tab in the Excel menu, you need to enable the Add-in in the COM Add-ins settings.

  • Open the Microsoft Excel
  • Click on File
  • Click on Options
  • In the Excel Options screen, select Add-ins menu
  • In the Manage drop down list, select COM Add-ins and click on Go
  •  For the Add-ins list available, check the box SAP Add-in for Microsoft Excel
  • Click on Ok button
  • Restart the Microsoft Excel

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Keywords

KBA , SRD-CC-OIN-XL , Excel Integration , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions