Unable to edit sample reports in Excel

Hello,
I'm able to view sample reports from Business Intelligence Center when I browse from the PWA homepage, but when I hit "Open in Excel" I get the following error: "To open this workbook, your computer must have a version of Microsoft Excel installed
and your web browser must support opening files directly from Excel in your browser". If I go back to the sample reports page and use the drop down beside any sample report and select "Edit in Excel" and "Open", I get the following
error: "Microsoft Excel cannot access the file at ....ResourceCapacity.odc" followed by "Problems Obtaining Data" followed by "[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen(Connect()).]SQLServer does not exist or access denied." Same thing
happens if I try to manually create a new data source through Excel. This happens for all sample reports, templates and data connections.
The weird part is that if I log onto the server (using the same AD credentials that I used for my laptop), open up PWA in a browser, go to Business Intelligence Center and try to edit any sample report, template or data connection in Excel, I have no issues.
Wouldn't that mean that Excel Services and Secure Store have been set up properly?
Wondering why no machine outside of the server can edit the reports etc...Any ideas?
Thanks,
André

Andre,
This is by design.
In Excel 2010/2013, the only way that the client can talk to the database is via an OLEDB connection. This requires direct read-only access and does not use Excel Services/Secure Store. If you are viewing the report via the web, then Secure Store/Excel Services
is used.
Because of the direct database access issue, you must be authenticated to the network before you can edit the reports. You would need to VPN into your network first. My chalk talk on this may be helpful.
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/project-server-reporting-overview/10tpfox7m
Hope this helps.
Treb Gatte, Project MVP |
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