Office Excel macro not working with "We can't preview this file" message

hwiheon April 3, 2023

Office excel macro is not working on a confluence page with the message

We can't preview this file. You'll have to download the file to view it.

cannotproview.png

Just followed the instruction below:

1. Attach file and update

2. Select the office macro on the thumbnail of the attachment

 

Have any suggestion?

 

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Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
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April 4, 2023

Hi @hwiheon ,

do you have this behaviour for all xlsx files? If yes, please take a look to the following troubleshooting article https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/attachment-preview-is-not-working-947166389.html#:~:text=Shutdown%20Confluence.,should%20work%20fine%20this%20time.

Hope this helps,

Fabio

hwiheon April 4, 2023

Thank you so much. Fabio. 

I found some previews are normally displayed in another page. 

First I thought was some features of the attachment could generate problem, so I downloaded a normal one and tried to set the macro, but it doesn't work, neither.

It is probably not an attachment problem, but it could any security policy in office or something. 

Could you please give any solution?

hwiheon April 5, 2023

Hi @Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_ 

I found Confluence File was disable in Add-on apps. 

Every module is enabled in the app and waiting for resetting it in a few days. 

Going to leave further result after I tried.

Thanks!

Raminta Raguckaite
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May 4, 2023

Did you manage to get solution for this? As we currently experiencing the same issue and I don't seem to manage to find workaround or fixes available. I work in a corporation and don't manage Confluence as administrator so can't really try Fabio suggested action to enabling add ons.

 

Thanks 

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