Technical Questions
1) What is the minimum requirement to run this add-in ?
You must have an Office 365 subscription.
Your version of Office 365 must be at least 16.0.11629 on Windows 10.
This add-in will work on Excel for Windows and Mac and Office Online.
2) What versions of Excel are supported ?
This add-in will not work on Office 2016, Office 2019 or Office 2021.
This add-in will not work with Windows 7.
This add-in will not work with Internet Explorer 11.
To get the latest builds of Microsoft 365, you will need to be on the Monthly Channel.
3) I have downloaded the add-in but the task pane says:
Your system administrator has blocked add-ins from the Office Store.
If you are using Excel behind a firewall, accessing the add-in store has been blocked by your company.
4) I have downloaded the add-in but the task pane says:
App error: Catalog could not be reached
Check the firewall settings because Catalog refers to the Office store.
If you are using Excel behind a firewall, accessing the add-in store has been blocked by your company.
5) I have downloaded the add-in but the task pane says:
This add-in seems to be having problems
Click "Restart" to try starting it again
Excel has experienced a problem, restart Excel.
6) I have started using the add-in but the task pane says:
Sorry, we had to restart because this add-in wasn't responding
Running a synchronous operation for more than 5 seconds will cause this error.
The add-in may have exceeded the run-time resource limit for an add-in.
link - learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/concepts/resource-limits-and-performance-optimization
link - learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/shared/troubleshooting-office-files-and-custom-solutions-with-the-telemetry-log
To prevent the error from occurring, you should change the registry value in Excel.
This will turn of resource limit checks for the add-in.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Wef] "AlertInterval"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Wef] "AlertInterval"=dword:00000000
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