The Bloomberg Excel Add-In is Missing When I Open Excel

Issue/Question

The Bloomberg Excel add-in is missing when I open Excel

Environment

• Beacom Finance Lab
• Microsoft Office
• Bloomberg Excel Add-in
• Microsoft Excel

Cause

The Bloomberg Office add-ins are a per user installation and are not installed during the Bloomberg software installation

Resolution

1. Close all programs
2. Click Start
3. From the Start menu, click Bloomberg
4. Click Install Office Add-Ins
5. Click Install
6. Click OK
7. Click Close
8. Open Excel and verify that the Bloomberg tab is on the menu bar
9. If you receive an error, check the Task Manager for any open instances of Excel or Microsoft Office
10. End Task on any open instances of Excel or Office
11. From the Start menu, click Bloomberg
12. Click Stop API process
13. Follow the window prompts, press Enter/Go on the keyboard
14. From the Start menu, click Bloomberg
15. Click API Environment Diagnostics
16. Click Start
17. Click Yes to proceed
18. Click OK
19. Click Repair
20. Wait for repair to complete
21. From the Start menu, click Bloomberg
22. Click Install Office Add-Ins
23. If still having the issue try manually installing the add-in
24. Open Excel
25. Click File
26. Click Options
27. Click Add-ins
28. From the Manage drop-down menu select Excel Add-ins
29. Click Go...
30. Click Browse
31. Browse to C:\blp\API\Office Tools
32. Select BloombergUl.xla
33. Click Open
34. Click OK
35. Restart Excel
36. If you receive an error or still having an issue, please contact the Service Desk with the following information: 
    1. Building name
    2. Room number
    3. Detailed information about the error message