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Steps needed to verify if the addins are signed in Cognos office 10.1.1

Question & Answer


Question

Unable to enable the add-ons in Office. Only digitally signed macros are allowed.

Cause

You will not be able to enable the add-ons in office. Also looking at the properties of CognosOfficeShim12.dll file OR CognosOfficeShim.dll (in Cognos office installation directory) you will find that there is no digital signature tab

Answer

You will need to install the newer version of Cognos Office 10.1.1 that is build for Cognos 10.2 and not Cognos office 10.1.1 for Cognos BI 10.1.1. The newer version seems to have the signed Dlls

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Modified date:
11 November 2022

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