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Copper Contributor

Aug 03, 2018

dealing with "Send a frown" in VBA

Hi everyone, Within MS Windows 10, MS Excel 365 using ODBD connectivity and SQL we extract transactional data from an accounting database using Excel's built-in Power Pivot editor. When data...

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Matt Mickle

Bronze Contributor

Aug 03, 2018

Hey Kenton-

This behavior certainly seems strange/frustrating. The Excel Team reviews all information collected from "Send a Frown" submissions. Have you entered a description of the issue and submitted it to Microsoft? You may not get a response, but at the minimum it will be logged as an issue and flagged for review.

Kenton Smith

Copper Contributor

Aug 04, 2018

Hi Matt,

Thank you for your response. Yes, I did log the "Send a frown" with screenshots and detailed descriptions. Yes, Avital from Microsoft Excel Team contacted me requesting more information. He also sent me here to the tec community for a "work around" solution while they are working on the core issue.

I however, don't think the problem is with Excel, but rather with "Microsoft Mashup Evaluation Container" as it runs as a sub background task under MS Excel during the refresh process.

Is there a way to disable "Send a frown", as it's currently halting important processess?