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"Excel is busy editing, please finish editing in Excel and try again" (if select multiple sheets) when opening Data Entry form

Troubleshooting


Problem

User opens a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Using the keyboard 'CTRL' key, user simultaneously selects more than one sheet (for example 3).

User then switches to the Controller client, and clicks "Company - Data Entry - Reported Values". User tries to open a data entry form. An error appears.

Symptom

After clicking on the 'open' icon, the following error appears:

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Error opening Excel.
Excel is busy editing, please finish editing in Excel and try again.

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Product":{"code":"SS9S6B","label":"IBM Cognos Controller"},"Component":"","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"All Versions","Edition":"10.3.1","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSMRTZ","label":"IBM Cognos Controller on Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Document Information

More support for:
IBM Cognos Controller

Software version:
All Versions

Operating system(s):
Windows

Document number:
718743

Modified date:
09 May 2025

UID

ibm10718743

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