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2584976 - The functionalities of components tab are disabled when workbook or worksheet is protected.

Symptom

Below functionalities of components tab are disabled when workbook or worksheet is protected.

  • Refresh Workbook on Opening
  • Force Prompt for Initial Refresh
  • Subsequent Refresh
  • Store Prompts with Workbook
  • Remove Data Before Saving
  • Merge Variables 

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Environment

SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office

Reproducing the Issue

Protect a workbook or worksheet.

Cause

This is standard design of Analysis for Office. And there is no way to enable functionalities of components when workbook or worksheet is protected.

Resolution

If you want use these functionalities, you can unprotect workbook or worksheet and then select the expected functionalities.

See Also

You can check user guide of Analysis for Office about how to protect or unprotect a workbook or worksheet.

Keywords

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Product

SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office all versions