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No servers are listed under Connections PA for Excel

Troubleshooting


Problem

When users open Excel and try to connect to Planning Analytics on Cloud, no servers are listed under Connection. 

Symptom

If a user clicks on the Connection name, the following error is thrown:
Cannot access a disposed object. Object name: "Tm1AuthBrowser"
System.ObjectDisposedException: Cannot access a disposed object.
Object name: 'Tm1AuthBrowser'.
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateHandle()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.CreateHandle()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_Handle()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ShowDialog(IWin32Window owner)
   at Cognos.Office.Framework.SingleDialog.ShowDialog(Form form, IWin32Window owner)
   at Cognos.Office.Tm1.Security.UILogon.BrowserLogon(String title, String connectURL, String serverPath, CookieCollection cookies, Boolean largeLogonDialog)
   at Cognos.Office.Tm1.Tm1DataSource.HostLogon(Tm1AuthenticationProperties properties)
   at Cognos.Office.Tm1.Tm1DataSource.Logon(LogonType logonType, DataSourcePropertiesCollection properties)
   at Cognos.Office.Framework.Communications.DataSourceManager.LogOn(String dsType, String connectionString, String serverName, IDataSource& source)

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
20 September 2021

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ibm10870270