Excel Returns Blank Workbooks in SAPGUI

Don’t you hate it when you’re trying to view a report as a spreadsheet in SAPGui and it returns a blank workbook?  The problem could be due a security settings inside of Excel that is preventing the data from being displayed.  It is real easy to fix.  Use the following instructions for your version Microsoft Office.

Office/Excel 2003:

Open Excel

Tools -> macro -> security
Excel2003_macro_security

Security Level tab:
make sure level is set to “medium”
Security_tab_medium

Trusted Sources tab:
Check the box beside “Trust access to visual basic project.”
Security_Trusted_Publishers

Office 2007:

Click the Office button.  Click Excel Options.
2007_Excel Options

Click on Trust Center -> Trust Center Settings
2007_Excel Trust Center

Check the box beside “Trust access to VBA project object model”
2007_Excel Trust VBA

Close Excel and try to view your report again.  The workbook should no longer be blank and it should be populated with the correct data.

About Wess Tobler

Wesley Tobler is a SAP Basis Consultant at DataXstream, LLC. His broad industry exposure has helped him acquire many SAP skills including ECC, XI/PI, Enterprise Portal, BI, and SOLMAN. He also has experience in MSSQL Server 2005/2008 and Oracle.

Comments

  1. Gert says:

    Doesn’t work for me. Sheets stays empty…

  2. Kevin says:

    Hi, this doesn’t work for me in Office 2010. It still returns a blank workbook. Any suggestions?

    Thanks!

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