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After updating/installing Planning Analytics for Excel , error: The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character error

Troubleshooting


Problem

After updating/installing Planning Analytics for Excel users are updating/refreshing certain Books.
They get the error: The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character

Symptom

The issue may not occur on one users PC but then occur on another where Planning Analytics for Excel was installed in a similar way.

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Document Information

Modified date:
20 September 2021

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ibm10732733