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2178484 - EPM Add-in conflicts with other Microsoft Office add-ins

Symptom

When third party Microsoft Office add-ins are loaded in Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, Word or Powerpoint at the same time with the SAP EPM Add-in, one or more of the following symptoms may occur:

  • The Microsoft Office application becomes slow, unresponsive or hangs.
  • The functionality or performance of the SAP EPM Add-in is negatively affected.
  • The functionality or performance of the third party add-in is negatively affected.
  • Users are unable to Open the EPM Add-In through EXCEL application. Microsoft Excel error : "Excel is running into problems with the 'fpmxlclient.connect' add-in. If this keeps happening, disable this add-in and check for available updates. Do you want to disable it now?"

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Environment

  • Microsoft Office
  • SAP EPM Add-in for Microsoft Office

Product

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 10.0, version for Microsoft ; SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 10.0, version for SAP NetWeaver ; SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 10.1, version for Microsoft ; SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 10.1, version for SAP NetWeaver

Keywords

Addon, Addin, Add-in, Third Party, compatibility, support, conflicts, , KBA , EPM-XLS , EPM Excel Client , EPM-BPC-NW , NetWeaver Version , EPM-BPC-MS , Microsoft Version , How To

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