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2782358 - When deleting a formula of input-ready cell, the formula is deleted but the value remains

Symptom

The input-ready cell contains a formula.
When pressing delete in the input-ready cell, the formula is deleted but the value remains in the cell.
When pressing delete again, the value is deleted.

Environment

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office

Cause

This is not a bug. The tool works as intended. 
The first deletion is used to delete the Table Design Formula and the second deletion to delete the value from the planning query.

Resolution

It is possible to disable Table Design Formulas for input-ready cells via setting "ActivateFormulaRecognitionOnExistingCells". See SAP note 2083067 for changing the settings in AO.

Refer to Administrator Guide of AO available in http://help.sap.com/boao for more information about the setting "ActivateFormulaRecognitionOnExistingCells".

See Also

2083067 - How to maintain settings for Analysis Office 2.x

Keywords

input ready, planning, cell, content, delete, remove, not working, plan, excel formula, formulas, input-ready , KBA , BI-RA-AO-XLA , Excel Addin , Problem

Product

SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office all versions