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Microsoft Data Explorer Preview for Excel May 2013 Release

This Release Notes document contains informaon about the May 2013 release of Microso Data

Explorer Preview for Excel (version: 1.3.3296.143).

The document contains the following secons:

1. Introducon2. System Requirements3. Whats New in this release4. Known Issues

1. IntroductionMicroso Data Explorer Preview for Excel is a new add-in that provides a seamless experience for data

discovery, data transformaon and enrichment for Informaon Workers, BI professionals and other

users.

With Data Explorer you can:

Idenfy the data you care about from the sources you work with (e.g. relaonal databases,Excel, text and XML les, OData feeds, web pages, Hadoop HDFS, etc.).

Discover relevant data using the search capabilies within Excel. Combine data from mulple, disparate data sources and shape it in order to prepare the data

for further analysis in tools like Excel and PowerPivot.

2. System requirementsIn order to install Data Explorer, the following system requirements must be sased:

Operang System: The following Operang Systems are supported:o Windows Vista (requires .NET 3.5 SP1)o Windows Server 2008 (requires .NET 3.5 SP1)o Windows Server 2008 R2o Windows 7o Windows 8

Microso Oce: The following Oce versions are supported:o Oce 2010 SP1o Oce 2013 RTM


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Microso Data Explorer Preview for Excel is available for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) plaorms, your

selecon must match the bit-ness of the installed version of Oce.

3. Whats new in this release?The May 2013 release of Microso Data Explorer Preview for Excel includes the following new

capabilies, compared to the April 2013 release:

Support for connecon encrypon when connecng to database sources. Automac column type detecon when imporng data from text sources. Support for imporng text data represented in localized formats. Many quality improvements and bug xes.

4. Known IssuesThis secon includes notes about some of the most commonly hit issues when trying to install and use

Data Explorer, such as:

Installing and add-in load issues:o The add-in stops loading by default.o Running the Data Explorer installer in Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 will display

an Unidened Publisher warning, but installaon will succeed.

Excel Data Model and PowerPivot interacon:o Queries will not refresh aer a table has been renamed in the Excel 2013 Data Model

(via PowerPivot) and modied in Data Explorer.

o Renaming a query and refreshing (through Data Explorer) while the PowerPivot Managewindow is open causes a crash in PowerPivot and Excel.

o For the query which is already loaded to Excel Data Model, modifying its command textin the Connecon properes to some specic SQL statement will unload it from data

model.

o Imporng a Data Explorer query connecon into PowerPivot in Excel 2013 using theExisng Connecons in PowerPivot will leave Excel and Data Explorer processes

running when trying to close Excel.

Other issues:o Query Sengs task pane and Query ribbon tab might not show automacally aer

enabling connecons on a workbook where connecons were disabled.

o Loading a query for the rst me fails if any worksheet in the workbook is protected.o Using the VBA Editor in Excel may cause unexpected error dialogs in Data Explorer.


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1. The add-in stops loading by default.Users may encounter an issue where the Data Explorer add-in no longer loads in Excel on start-up. This

can be solved by launching Excel as an Administrator (right click on Excel and select Run as

administrator). Another way to solve the issue is to disable other add-ins in Excel, to avoid Excel trying

to shut down add-ins to opmize start-up me.

Only a small subset of users seem to encounter this and the product team is currently working on a x.

2. Running the Data Explorer installer in Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 will display anUnidened Publisher warning, but installaon will succeed.

Due to some issues with the signing of the Data Explorer installers, when trying to use them in

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 a warning (User Account Control dialog) will indicate that the

installer comes from an Unidened Publisher. If the user allows running the installer it will successfully

install the product. This is a known issue specic to the signing process on the installer that will be x in

the next release, and has no impact on the product once installed.

3. Queries will not refresh aer the resulng table has been renamed. There are a few known issues with table rename operaons for queries that are loaded in the worksheet

or in the Data Model:

o Tables in the worksheet: Renaming a table via the Design tab under Table tools will makesubsequent refresh aempts fail.

o Tables in the Data Model: Renaming a table in the Data Model (i.e. using PowerPivot orPower View rename opons) will make subsequent refresh aempts fail.

The recommendaon is to not rename resulng tables in the worksheet or Data Model unl a x for

these issues is available.

4. Renaming a query and refreshing (through Data Explorer) while the PowerPivot Manage window isopen causes a crash in PowerPivot and Excel

When trying to rename a query and refresh it via Data Explorer, while the PowerPivot Manage window is

open, a crash will happen in PowerPivot and Excel.

As a workaround, users can rename and refresh via Data Explorer before opening the PowerPivot

Manage window.

5. For the query which is already loaded to Excel Data Model, modifying its command text in theConnecon properes to some specic SQL statement will unload it from the Data Model.


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Once a query has been loaded into the Excel Data Model, if the user modies its command text in the

Data Connecon properes to some specic SQL statement will unload the query from the Data Model.

It is recommended to not modify the Connecon SQL statements for exisng Data Explorer queries.

6. Imporng a Data Explorer query connecon into PowerPivot in Excel 2013 using the ExisngConnecons in PowerPivot will leave Excel and Data Explorer processes running when trying to

close Excel.

If the user tries to import a Data Explorer query into PowerPivot in Excel 2013 using the Exisng

Connecons funconality in PowerPivot, there will be Excel and Data Explorer processes that will keep

running in the background when trying to close Excel.

7. Query Sengs task pane and Query ribbon tab might not show automacally aer enablingconnecons on a workbook where connecons were disabled.

When opening a workbook containing Data Explorer queries, Excel might disable the connecons as a

security mechanism and oer an Enable Content buon. Aer clicking this buon, connecons will be

successfully enabled but the Query Sengs pane might not show up automacally.

The workaround is to change the currently selected cell aer enabling connecons. If this cell belongs to

a Data Explorer query loaded on the sheet, the Query Sengs pane and Query ribbon tab will show at

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8. Loading a query for the rst me fails if any worksheet in the workbook is protected. When trying to load a new query in an Excel workbook, an error will happen if any of the sheets in the

workbook is protected. As a workaround, please check that none of the exisng sheets in the workbook

are protected, before adding a new Data Explorer query.

9. Using the VBA Editor in Excel may cause unexpected error dialogs in Data Explorer. An unexpected error dialog from Data Explorer might pop up when using the VBA Editor in a workbook

when Data Explorer is installed. This issue can happen more likely if the VBA code in the workbook

contains errors.

If you nd any other issues while installing or using Data Explorer, please do not hesitate to contact the

Data Explorer UX Feedback alias.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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