Problem Note 71012: SAS® Add-in for Microsoft Office might remove SAS Content when other Microsoft Excel Add-ins load
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When you execute a program in SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office 8.3, the results (SAS Content) are written to the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. You can review this information in the Manage Content dialog box by navigating to SAS ► Currently Open ► Manage Content, which displays the related worksheet where the results reside:
However, if you start Excel with another Excel Add-In enabled (for example, the Solver Add-In, and so on), the worksheet definition might be removed:
There are no error, warning, or note messages indicating that a problem has occurred. In addition, the SAS Content is no longer refreshable within the worksheet.
The only way to restore the SAS Content is to remove the SAS Content with the missing worksheet in the Manage Content dialog box and rerun the program to re-create the results.
Workaround
To work around this issue, do not load a Office Excel Add-In. The Excel Add-Ins that have been found to cause this issue include the following:
- Solver Add-In
- Analysis ToolPak
- Analysis ToolPak VBA
- Euro Currency Tools Add-Ins
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 8.3 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 11 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | 8.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 8.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 8.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 8.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 8.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 8.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 8.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 8.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 8.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 8.3 | |||||
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 8.3 | |||||
| Windows Vista | 8.3 | |||||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 8.3 | |||||