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2404164 - EPM Add-In on MS Word "The program used to create this object is Excel."

Symptom

  • When logged on to EPM Add-In via MS Word and inserting an Excel table/spreadsheet, after re-opening it the following error occurs:

"The program used to create this object is Excel. That program is not installed on your computer. To edit this object, you must install a program that can open the object."

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  •  Note: Excel is installed on the client.
  • This error does not occur when not logged on to EPM-Addin.


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Environment

Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Add-In 10.0 for Microsoft Word

Product

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver all versions ; SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, version for the Microsoft platform all versions

Keywords

EPM Addin, EPM Add In, The program used to create this object is Excel. That program is either not installed on your computer or it is not responding. To edit this object, install Excel or ensure that any dialog boxes in Excel are closed , KBA , epm add-in , problem , EPM-XLS-WRD , EPM XLS Word AddIn , EPM-BPC-NW , NetWeaver Version , EPM-BPC-MS , Microsoft Version , Problem

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