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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
- Close all programs
- Click Start
- From the Start menu, click Bloomberg
- Click Install Office Add-Ins
- Click Install
- Click OK
- Click Close
- Open Excel and verify that the Bloomberg tab is on the menu bar
- If you receive an error, check the Task Manager for any open instances of Excel or Microsoft Office
- End Task on any open instances of Excel or Office
- From the Start menu, click Bloomberg
- Click Stop API process
- Follow the window prompts, press Enter/Go on the keyboard
- From the Start menu, click Bloomberg
- Click API Environment Diagnostics
- Click Start
- Click Yes to proceed
- Click OK
- Click Repair
- Wait for repair to complete
- From the Start menu, click Bloomberg
- Click Install Office Add-Ins
- If still having the issue try manually installing the add-in
- Open Excel
- Click File
- Click Options
- Click Add-ins
- From the Manage drop-down menu select Excel Add-ins
- Click Go...
- Click Browse
- Browse to C:\blp\API\Office Tools
- Select BloombergUl.xla
- Click Open
- Click OK
- Restart Excel
- If you receive an error or still having an issue, please contact the Service Desk with the following information:
- Building name
- Room number
- Detailed information about the error message