3703285 - [New Feature Delivered] Support for Datasphere Tunnel live connections in SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Office

• Currently, the SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Excel Add-In cannot display data from a Datasphere tunnel live connection.
• The Datasphere tunnel live connection does not appear in the "Select Data Source" dialog within the SAC Excel Add-In.
• The Datasphere direct live connection is visible.  

SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Office

1. Open the SAP Analytics Cloud Excel Add-In.
2. Sign in to the SAC tenant.
3. Click "Add Table".
4. In "Select Data Source" dialog, attempt to select a tunnel live connection.
5. Notice that the tunnel live connection is not visible under the SAP Datasphere section.  

Feature enhancement.

This feature is now available as of the 2026 QRC2 release. 

However, a limitation has been identified and is currently being tracked in SAP Note 3754750 - Known Limitation - SAP Excel Add-in with certain SAP Datasphere Tunnel Connection:

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  If your SAC tenant was provisioned as part of a Business Data Cloud (BDC), the Add-in will fail to load spaces and data sources for the automatically created SAP Datasphere connection with the following error:

  "An error occurred while loading the data sources of system SAPSRC. Therefore, no data sources can be shown."

  In the network trace the following error is visible: "Failed to build requestContext: Invalid connectionName in requestContext."

  "

SAC Road Map: Support for connecting SAP Datasphere (tunnel mode) with the Microsoft Excel add-in

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