Installing Excel Connector for Deep Space

Firstly, install Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime.

Then, install the Excel Connector.

You should now restart Excel.

Troubleshooting Connection Errors

Error:

Depending on your IT administration, you may experience errors like:

  • Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.

  • Connection attempt failed. Reading from the stream has failed.

Solution 1:

Refer to this link to ensure connectivity is available on your network.

Solution 2:

In Excel ribbon, ensure that you click "Enable Content" in the External Connections have been disabled area. Then, try the connection again.

Solution 3:

Because SSL is not required, we can turn off SSL by appending "SslMode=None" to the connection string.

Set Use SSL to "No" on SSL tab:

Under Advanced, add SslMode=None as shown: