Publisher for Excel missing in COM Add Ins

[jkrosschell]

I'm helping a colleague set up the Power BI Publisher for Excel but we seem to be running into issues. Below are the steps we took to try to troubleshoot the issue:

1. Click on "Analyze in Excel" to download and install. Turns out the download feature assumes 64 bit due to Windows, but Excel itself is 32 bit so that install did not provide any of the expected COM Add In.
2. Went to the Microsoft Analysis Feature Pack download site (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55264) to find the 32 bit version. Installed that and still did not see the expected COM Add in.

Any help would be much appreciated! We are new to rolling out Power BI and this is a key feature that our users are interested in.

Below is what my colleague sees.

[v-easonf-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi , @jkrosschell 

Users will not be able to download the Power BI publisher for Excel. Microsoft will cease its support for the tool on June 1st. 

You can refer to below posts for more detail and alternatives.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Power-BI-Publisher-for-Excel-Retired/m-p/939988

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-analyze-in-excel

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason
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