Open a report using a BPF

Hi all,
I'm using BPC 7.0 MS version and I have created a very simple BPF. The first step of the BPF opens a report from BPC for excel.
When I create the BPF I get no errors. The detail of the action I have set in the BPF is:
Interface: BPC for Excel
Task: Report Library
File: Manager\Report01.xlt
Team: Admin Team
When I try to execute the BPF, if BPC for excel is not opened, I'm force to do the connection wizard because I can't see any application nor dimension and after open it, only the initial workbook appears, no the report.
If BPC for excel is already opened, the excel appears on top of the screen but the report is not opened.
Has anyone had a similar problem? How can it be solved?
Thanks in advance and best regards,
Ana

Hi Jose,
I once went to a customer site and they encountered similar situation. Though all the workstations had the host files properly defined, it's funny that some of the workstations could open the excel file from BPF while some of them could not.
Later they found out that for those workstations having problem, they had to enter BPC server name instead of IP address in order to have the excel reports opened from BPF! Till now, it still remains as a mystery to me.......
Best Regards,
Sunny

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