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Excel Services with Form Authentication

500 byte By SumitKute at 2008-3-7
Hi, I have used FORM Authentication in my application. When i try to view the Excel Web Access webpart it gives the error "Unable to delegate credentials. Please modify Excel Services configuration to be consistent with Windows SharePoint Server [User: ...

The datasource may be unreachable or denied you access

1957 byte By Pratyush at 2008-3-6
Hi, I was getting this error whenever i try to refresh my Excel webpart. I tried running stsadm commands listed at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1254993&SiteID=1 This has further enhanced the problem. Now the webparts don't even load. I am getting "Please ...

Freeze panes in table and dril down in pivot table

346 byte By Anonymous at 2008-3-5
I uploaded an xlsb file to the Sharepoint 2007. The file contains pivot table tab (with dril down option) along with a raw data tab (with freeze panes). Upon connexting the file to the excel web services – the drill down option disppears as well as the freeze panes. Any idea if it is possible ...

Excel Web Access: An Error has occured

652 byte By neeraj79 at 2008-3-3
I have created a Site collection in Sharepoint 2007 and Extended it. Now , i can successfully view the Excel sheet from this site. But when i have a SQL user authenticate and log in, and when i click on the same Excel Web part , i get this error message :" Excel Web Access : An error has ...

How to persist data from excel sheet into SQL Server using Excel Services?

247 byte By lokia at 2008-3-1
Hi, I have a Excel spreadsheet and we have a requirement to write the data from that sheet into a SQL server database. How this can be done using excel services. Any pointers to this will be really helpful. Thanks in Advance. -Lokeya

Can not get UDF to work with COM Addin

10206 byte By galexyu at 2008-2-28
Hi, I've created simple UDF following the post: http://blogs.msdn.com/cumgranosalis/archive/2006/08/03/ServerClientUDFsCompat1.aspx and I've got my UDF working on SharePoint. I can open workbook in a web browser, change parameters, recalculate and it works fine. Then I’ve decided to add COM ...

Excel Chart Updating with Pivot table

286 byte By GrantSwan at 2008-2-27
Hi All, I'm trying to get an excel chart to update in excel services when the pivot table that it is based on is drilled into. The chart updates in the Excel environment but not the excel services. Is this possible, and if so can someone please tell me how to do this? TIA, Grant

Viewing a chart problems (data not loading from worksheet)

798 byte By AKChicago at 2008-2-26
I have the following worksheet configuration being viewed through a EWA part:Chart gets data from Worksheet gets data from UDF Array Formula gets data from SharePoint ListI cannot get the chart to display properly, i.e. it is not pulling data from the worksheet and renders empty. If I view the ...

i can't Publish Excel to Shareppoint

334 byte By AfterA at 2008-2-25
i use ms sharepoint server beta and ms office enterprise2007.when i publish excel to i get error "The server rejected this file because the format is unknown or corrupt."plese call me what'll i do.thanks a lot. ...

Schduler in Excel services and sharepoint server 2007.

257 byte By ammireddy at 2008-2-24
Hi All, I want to know how to auto schdule my excel files in Excel services and sharepoint server 2007.is there any provision given by sharepoint server 2007 to schdule the files.somebody can help on this. Thanks&Regards, Amar..

Database Update using Excel

1731 byte By VijaykumarYadavalli at 2008-2-23
Hi,We have couple Excel files which are link each other for calculating values. Now we want to use Excel Service so that we can show the data to users based on their credentials. We know that Excel service won’t support external excel links.so we want to use following scenario, correct me if ...

Can not get UDF to work with COM Addin

10091 byte By galexyu at 2008-2-22
Hi,I've created simple UDF following the post: http://blogs.msdn.com/cumgranosalis/archive/2006/08/03/ServerClientUDFsCompat1.aspxand I've got my UDF working on SharePoint. I can open workbook in a web browser, change parameters, recalculate and it works fine.Then I’ve decided to add COM part ...

can't use way of View in Web Browser

1515 byte By stswordman at 2008-2-22
I create a Document Center site and add a Document library named excelServiceSample to store excel document The location of excelServiceSample is :" http://vistaserver:27490/sites/bj/Doc/excelServiceSample" And I create a "Trusted file location" and assign the address to ...

Bug in dutch version or configuration fault?

937 byte By rickpostmus at 2008-2-21
Hey,I try to make a KPI indicator on a uploaded excel file. But somehow i cant. I tried everything different files office 2003 and office 2007. The thing is when i try to fill in a cell adress by clicking on the excel icon at the right of the form it gives a error. The error is in dutch saying ...

Hosting Excel Workbook over the web

1849 byte By GregBanister at 2008-2-20
I'm not a Sharepoint developer nor am I an Office developer. (just a plain ol' .Net web developer.)I'm interested in providing a fully functional excel workbook interface to my web application users (I suppose this means via a browser) . The following are the stories that I'd like to ...

Sudden Excel Services errors

1575 byte By RTInSeattle at 2008-2-19
I have several SharePoint test pages that are utilizing Excel in one way or another - via a KPI List or an Excel Web Access webpart. All were working fine yesterday. Last night, an automatic MS update took place to my machine (Windows Server 2003) causing it to reboot and now everything ...

Error in communicating with Excel Calculation Services

2189 byte By JohnTunnicliffe at 2008-2-18
When attempting to view an Excel spreadsheet in SharePoint, we get the following error displayed in the web browser:Excel Web Access: An error has occurred Checking the Event Log we see: There was an error in communicating with Excel Calculation Services ...

How to connect SharePoint list to Excel Services workbook

638 byte By NickVasiliev at 2008-2-17
I have to configure Excel Services on my SharePoint single server. My test workbooks with connection to a SQL server works fine in Excel web access web-part.But I have some problem when I'm using connection to SharePoint list (PivotTable). The problem is that I can't refresh external ...

Bug in dutch version or configuration fault?

948 byte By rickpostmus at 2008-2-16
Hey,I try to make a KPI indicator on a uploaded excel file. But somehow i cant. I tried everything different files office 2003 and office 2007. The thing is when i try to fill in a cell adress by clicking on the excel icon at the right of the form it gives a error. The error is in dutch saying ...

How to connect SharePoint list to Excel Services workbook

646 byte By NickVasiliev at 2008-2-15
I have to configure Excel Services on my SharePoint single server. My test workbooks with connection to a SQL server works fine in Excel web access web-part.But I have some problem when I'm using connection to SharePoint list (PivotTable). The problem is that I can't refresh external ...

SharePoint 2007: Trouble with Excel Services

2651 byte By Hynkel at 2008-2-15
We are having some issues regarding Excel Services. For example; from a SP document list trying to open an Excel Workbook using Excel Web Access simply results in an error with the text "An error has occurred." On the SharePoint 2007 server running Shared Services I look into the ...

Refresh problem with Excel services external data connection

3068 byte By PriyaG at 2008-2-15
Hello,Snenario : Created a worksheet(report) in Excel 2007 and Excel Services using .ODC file.The .odc is created(SQL database) and registered in a trusted DCL in SharePoint.The connection file is also exported to the SharePoint using Export Connection File in Connection Properties in the ...

Disabling multiple item selection in Pivot Table Report Parameters

491 byte By gpk2005 at 2008-2-15
Hi When we create a pivot table with a report parameter in an Excel Workbook, the report parameter shows an option as to whether to allow selection of multiple items in the report parameter. If I uncheck the option "Select Multiple Items" and publish the workbook in Excel Services, I ...

DCL Problem

1590 byte By mdmetcalf at 2008-2-15
I'm having a problem getting my external data provider to work in Excel Services. I just went through this process (following a video tutorial)* Created a DCL in Sharepoint* Set the DCL up as trusted for Excel services* Made sure my doc library was trusted for Excel Services, and that the ...

Unable to Publish Excel to Shareppoint

2781 byte By ALahiri at 2008-2-14
Hi,I am using Sharepoint 2007 Beta Release and Excel 2007 Beta Release.I am trying to publish Excel spreadsheet to a document Library but I always get "Document not saved" error message.PL. find below the steps that I have followed to publish the Excel:1) Checked to see that Excel ...

Array Functions/UDFs - blanking #NA fields

728 byte By msdnjota at 2008-2-14
Hello,I have developed a simple UDF that fetches some information from a database, and returns it as a bi-dimensional array. The number of rows can be from 10 to 20. If only 10 are returned, I get #N/A in all the empy cells. I want them to be empty if there is no value, and I don't want to ...

Can't find spreadsheet I just published

1346 byte By mdmetcalf at 2008-2-13
I have created an Excel file and I use the Publish option in Excel 2007 to publish it to the server, into a doc library that I have created and set up as a trusted location for Excel Services, but when I go to look at the library, I don't see the document I just published. If I use the Upload ...

New Excel Services UDF post - client/server compatibility

1063 byte By ShaharPrish-MSFT at 2008-2-13
Hi,I posted the third post about how to get client-server compatibility for server-style UDFs.The new post is at: http://blogs.msdn.com/cumgranosalis/archive/2007/03/07/ServerClientUDFsCompat3.aspxThe first two posts in the series are ...

Excel Chart Updating with Pivot table

286 byte By GrantSwan at 2008-2-12
Hi All, I'm trying to get an excel chart to update in excel services when the pivot table that it is based on is drilled into. The chart updates in the Excel environment but not the excel services. Is this possible, and if so can someone please tell me how to do this? TIA, Grant

Can I handle events in Excel Services web parts ?

515 byte By LeandroTubia at 2008-2-11
Hi,I′m deploying Excel Services through Sharepoint web parts.My costumer wants to show different content in another web part according to the cell selection in the workbook showed in the Excel web part.I just want to make Excel Web part not only consumer of other sharepoint web parts but a ...

Enhancing Excel web access Webpart

257 byte By abhijitnarvekar at 2008-2-10
Hi Is it possible to enhance the functionality of Existing Excel web access webpart Basically i want the cells to be editable so that the data change can be reflected in the pivot chart Is this possible? Regards Abhijit

Unable to retrieve external data

1870 byte By Marin at 2008-2-10
We are deploying SQL Server 2005 with Analysis and Reporting services. This deployment is still in test/development phase. At this point I am stumbled at publishing an Excel 2007 pivot table (linked to the SQL 2007 AS data cube) on the SharePoint 2007 server. I can publish a pivot table, but ...

Loading to Excel Services

288 byte By mystique at 2008-2-8
Hello I have a question about loading to Excel Services. Is there any way that I can load data from a Project Portfolio Server 2007 or Project Server 2007 to an Excel Service and display that data in SharePoint Server 2007? Thanks and best regards, Mystique

Debugging managed UDF running under Sharepoint Excel services

396 byte By PradeepTKumar at 2008-2-8
I am trying to debug a UDF running under sharepoint. I have attached to the right w3wp process under which the shared services is running.When I attach to the process, it doesnt load the symbols for my UDF assembly. I have my PDB's in the same location as the UDF.'w3wp.exe' (Managed): Loaded ...

Setting up correctly for excel services

869 byte By spnz at 2008-2-7
Hi there,I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction.We have 3 servers. Our main server and then 2 other Virtual servers that host our sharepoint server and our SQL server.Everything is working ok except our excel services. We have created all of our trusted locations,connections ...

FileOpenAccessDenied Exception

2862 byte By JoeMack at 2008-2-7
Hopefully, someone can help me. I have a web part calling out to the Excel Services web service (code appears below). I am simply trying to return the value from a cell, but I can't even get the file open.I am getting the FileOpenAccessDenied exception, even though the user is a site owner for ...

Problem in exporting to excel from Sharepoint

385 byte By Snehil at 2008-2-7
HiI am trying to export to Excel from a Shapepoint list using "Actions"->"Export to Spreadsheet" option. But, I am getting this error "Cannot get the list schema column property from the Sharepoint list".After which I do not get any data in the excel sheet.Is this probl...

Single Sign-On problems

2202 byte By GrantSwan at 2008-2-7
Hi All,We have two virtual machines set up, one with Sharepoint 2007, the other with SQL server 2005. I'm having a lot of trouble trying to get a dashboard page set up to work properly. I have created a number of PivotTables within Excel 2007 as well as an ODC. From the desktop of my client ...

Issue with managed UDF

2204 byte By PriyaG at 2008-2-7
HelloI have been trying to use managed UDF for the Client (as Add-In) and Server excel workbook on sharepoint server.I have followed the site http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb267252.aspx which explains "Extending the Excel Services Programmability Framework".1. Created a UDF ...

Making the Excel add-ins work for a Sharepoint client Excel workbook

1586 byte By PriyaG at 2008-2-6
HelloI have created a COM Interop managed UDF in the sharepoint server and deployed it as an add-in for the Excel workbook.The excel workbook is placed in a trusted file location and the UDF is registered as a trusted UDF with sharepoint.I have followed the ...

can't use way of View in Web Browser

1517 byte By stswordman at 2008-2-6
I create a Document Center site and add a Document library named excelServiceSample to store excel document The location of excelServiceSample is :" http://vistaserver:27490/sites/bj/Doc/excelServiceSample" And I create a "Trusted file location" and assign the address to ...

Setting pivot table page filter values through ssas filter web parts

510 byte By LeandroTubia at 2008-2-5
Hi !I created a workbook that have a pivot table with page filters against an SSAS cube .Then I published it in Excel Services setting those page filter (by naming the cell with the page filter value) as parameters. In MOSS I exposed the workbook through an Excel services web part and also ...

Setting pivot table page filter values through ssas filter web parts

510 byte By LeandroTubia at 2008-2-5
Hi !I created a workbook that have a pivot table with page filters against an SSAS cube .Then I published it in Excel Services setting those page filter (by naming the cell with the page filter value) as parameters. In MOSS I exposed the workbook through an Excel services web part and also ...

Enhancing Excel web access Webpart

257 byte By abhijitnarvekar at 2008-2-4
Hi Is it possible to enhance the functionality of Existing Excel web access webpart Basically i want the cells to be editable so that the data change can be reflected in the pivot chart Is this possible? Regards Abhijit

Excel services issues with Project Web Access sites

904 byte By Anirudhmk at 2008-2-4
Hi,I am trying to access the excel services API of a project workspace site created through project web access and am not able to add the web reference even though the workspace sites exposes the webservice and methods.The following error is given in the web service description box:<<The ...

Unable to retrieve external data

1870 byte By Marin at 2008-2-4
We are deploying SQL Server 2005 with Analysis and Reporting services. This deployment is still in test/development phase. At this point I am stumbled at publishing an Excel 2007 pivot table (linked to the SQL 2007 AS data cube) on the SharePoint 2007 server. I can publish a pivot table, but ...

Issue with managed UDF

2204 byte By PriyaG at 2008-2-4
HelloI have been trying to use managed UDF for the Client (as Add-In) and Server excel workbook on sharepoint server.I have followed the site http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb267252.aspx which explains "Extending the Excel Services Programmability Framework".1. Created a UDF ...

How to set the number of display rows to unlimited?

164 byte By dcpt at 2008-2-3
The MOSS 2007 Excel services' report only display ~70 rows at a time. Is there any way to display all rows at once (about 120 rows)? Regards,

Unable to retrieve external data

1833 byte By Marin at 2008-2-3
We are deploying SQL Server 2005 with Analysis and Reporting services. This deployment is still in test/development phase. At this point I am stumbled at publishing an Excel 2007 pivot table (linked to the SQL 2007 AS data cube) on the SharePoint 2007 server. I can publish a pivot table, but ...

Issue with managed UDF

2064 byte By PriyaG at 2008-2-2
HelloI have been trying to use managed UDF for the Client (as Add-In) and Server excel workbook on sharepoint server.I have followed the site http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb267252.aspx which explains "Extending the Excel Services Programmability Framework".1. Created a ...

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