Xcelsius - Excel Functions and Formulas

I am trying to do some caluclations within Xcelsius using Excel. I am trying to use the CORRELATION and COVARIANCE function in Excel, but when I preview my calculations on the canvas it says Xcelsius does not support these functions. Is there a problem on my end or can Xcelsius not use these functions? Also I am trying to use Visual Basic in Excel, but it seems Xcelsius does not support that either. Is this true?
Edited by: Redhawk on Apr 6, 2009 5:47 PM

Hi
indeed not all Excel functions are supported in XCelsius. And you also cannot use macros.
Please have a look at the chapter Supported Excel Functions in the XCelsius 2008 User Guide.
You can download the guide here: [http://service.sap.com/bosap-support].
Regards,
Stratos

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Message was edited by: solo68
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