SBFM97: What-If Scenario Name Does Not Appear in Overview

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager 97 for Microsoft Excel 97

SYMPTOMS

When you open a What-If workbook, the scenario you saved is not listed in the What-If Scenario list of saved scenarios.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when all of the following conditions are true:

• You import Quickbooks accounting data.

      -and-
  

• You create a What-If Analysis, and then save and close the workbook.

      -and-
  

• You update the Quickbooks accounting data, and then open the saved workbook

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the following steps:

1. Open the saved What-If workbook.

2. Click a function, such as Profitability.

3. In the dialog box for the function, in the Choose a Category for Analysis box, click Product, and then click OK.

   Note that you do not need to make any changes to this page.

4. Click What-If Overview to go back to the Overview page. Save the workbook.

   This step updates the analysis with the updated accounting information. The saved scenario appears in the What-If Scenario list.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in the updated versions of the Quickbooks driver and Msapp.dll.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Sbfm97qb.exe (size: 380364 bytes) 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q164747
   TITLE     : SBFM97: Error Updating Accounting Data