SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3339712 - Warning "The add-in can't refresh the data sources. The workbook is protected by Azure Information Protection and can't be changed"

Symptom

The warning below is shown in Analysis for Office:

"The add-in can't refresh the data sources. The workbook is protected by Azure Information Protection and can't be changed."

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"Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental."

Environment

SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office - all versions

Cause

This is not a bug in the tool. Analysis Office cannot refresh a protected workbook.

Resolution

Change the protection settings to make sure the workbook is not protected by Azure Information Protection.

Keywords

refresh, warning, protected, AIP , KBA , BI-RA-AO-XLA , Excel Addin , Problem

Product

SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office all versions