OBIEE Missing BI-Office add - in

Erik did a good one: http://bidwcz.blogspot.com/2008/12/chybjc-bi-office-add-in-me-se-to-stt-i.html But since most of you (including me :) ) don't speak or read Czech here is a translated summery:

If you a "missing" the  OBIEE office plug in after you did an install and think it should be there, try this:

In your MS Office application grotto Help> About MS Office> Disabled Items >

Press Disabled Items  and check if the OBIEE Office add in is the list.

Till Next Time

OBIEE for MicroSoft Office

When you try to log on to OBIEE for the first time from Excel, you are asked to define a connection:


The setup documentation and the default settings from OBIEE for MS-Office can put you in the wrong direction.

The port number is the port where your bioffice is running, default this is the same port as your BI-server (default) 9704.

Your connection could look like this: