BEx Query Analyzer - 64bit version of Excel

[orla_mclean2]

Hi there

Does SAP have plans to support 64bit versions of Excel 2013?  We have power users using 64bit version of Office due to the size of their datasets.  They then can't use BEx tools on their PC.

Thanks

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Office 64 bit versions are NOT supported for BEx tools.

Please check below SAP note 1425805 which says

"Support to 64 bit versions

All the Operating Systems are supported for

both 32 bit version as well as 64 bit version. But this is not the case for

Office versions now. Office 64 bit versions are NOT supported for

BEx tools for the moment."

Regards,

Amit

[orla_mclean2 · Accepted solution]

Hi Amit

Yes, I know that they do NOT support Office 2013 now.

My question is: are there plans to support it in the future?

Regards

Orla

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Orla,

Currently there is no plan to support this.

In future if it becomes a requirement to provide support, then the mentioned note will be updated with the status.

But as of now there is no plan to support this.

Regards,

Amit 

[arvind_doomra · Accepted solution]

Dear Orla,

Please refer to My KBA/note for detailed information specially Symptom 3 :

1846536 - BEx Analyzer 3.x & 7.x : Support for MS Excel 2013 and Microsoft Windows 8


Regards,
Arvind

[arvind_doomra · Accepted solution]

which says:

Office 64 bit versions are NOT supported for BEx tools for
the moment. This is already documented in Note 1425805.

SAP plans to create a 64bit version of SAP GUI for  Windows that will be compatible with Office 64bit editions. However since the effort required to create such a version is very high the expectation is that  this version will be available in 2015 as a beta version.

Additionally it is to be expected that this version will come with some functional limitations.

[pappy · Accepted solution]

It's now April 2015. Is there an update on when Bex will be able to run under a 64bit version of Office?