IBM Support

** Troubleshooting ** "Interface not registered ... Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040155" when trying to use 'Data entry - Reported Values'.

Troubleshooting


Problem

User clicks 'Company - Data Entry - Reported Values'. This triggers Excel to open. An error appears.

Symptom

The error message will vary slightly, but (in general) it will be similar to:

 

Standard Error

Details:

Source: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Description: Interface not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040155)
at Microsoft.Office.Interop.ApplicationClass.get_COMAddins()
at Cognos.Controller.Forms.Common.fFrmFrangoFunc.InitExcelLink
(Ibject & xlApp, String s Text, Int32 excelProcessId)
at Congos.ControllerForms12.frmDataEntrySlection.StartExcel()

[{"Product":{"code":"SS9S6B","label":"IBM Cognos Controller"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Controller","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"10.2.1","Edition":"All Editions","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"}}]

Log InLog in to view more of this document

This document has the abstract of a technical article that is available to authorized users once you have logged on. Please use Log in button above to access the full document. After log in, if you do not have the right authorization for this document, there will be instructions on what to do next.

Document Information

Modified date:
08 May 2025

UID

swg21989166