Comments on: Uploading #PowerPivot for Excel workbook using "Save As" vs. SharePoint UI

By: dennyglee

dennyglee — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:19:16 +0000

There are a number of reasons where the document upload center says failed: sign in – can you please verify that you have installed Desktop Experience and can log into the noted SharePoint document library?

By: nme

nme — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:30:34 +0000

when i’m trying to upload any document upload center says failed: sign in

By: Bhavik Merchant

Bhavik Merchant — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:29:41 +0000

Unfortunately I already tried both! We are on Server 2008 r2. Other ideas? I’ve scoured the web with no luck.

By: dennyglee

dennyglee — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:01:37 +0000

My guess is that you may need to do the “Save to SharePoint” mode. Or if you’re using a server OS like WS2008, you’ll need to turn on Desktop Experience. Are you still able to upload directly to SharePoint from the UI?

By: Bhavik Merchant

Bhavik Merchant — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:03:27 +0000

Hi Denny,

Any ideas on this error… when trying to save a Powerpivot workbook to the PowerPivot Gallery directly from Excel.. we enter “http://SERVERNAME/PowerPivot Gallery” in the address bar and it says “You cant open this location using this program”

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Dude, Where’s my PowerPivot workbook? « Denny Lee — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:06:30 +0000

[...] And before you ask, we’re not talking about searching for the workbook somewhere in your “My Documents” folder, USB drive or SkyDrive. What we’re referring to here is the fact that you went ahead and saved your PowerPivot workbook to the SharePoint, typically through the Excel Save As or Save to SharePoint function as noted in the posting: Uploading #PowerPivot for Excel workbook using “Save As” vs. SharePoint UI. [...]

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