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Planning & Consolidation => COGNOS Planning => Topic started by: snowy on 11 Jun 2007 09:46:34 AM

Title: Analyst Excel add-in / VB macros
Post by: snowy on 11 Jun 2007 09:46:34 AM
Hello everyone. Long time lurker, first time poster.

I'm using the Analyst Excel add-in and I'd like to automate the Analyst | Refresh View function somehow. Ideally it would be called by a Excel Visual Basic macro, but right now I can't get VB to even recognise the existence of the Analyst add-in.

It's unlikely, I admit, but has anyone out there done anything like this before?
Title: Re: Analyst Excel add-in / VB macros
Post by: ykud on 11 Jun 2007 10:23:52 AM
An anticopyright advice, never follow it ;)
You can "open" analyst add-in excel modules and see the exact function calls.
Title: Re: Analyst Excel add-in / VB macros
Post by: snowy on 12 Jun 2007 03:51:40 AM
Thanks....I didn't just hear that! ;)

Unfortunately the Analyst.xls module is password protected; I'm not a good enough hacker to get past it; and I don't really fancy supporting the password-cracking software industry; so never mind. Manual refresh will just have to do. RSI here I come...