TDM Excel Importer Version 19 can't be found

[carlos_camargo]

Hi All!

I have the TDM Excel Add-In version 19.0.0.7225 installed as an Excel add-in.  When I go online to grab it to share with co-workers, I can't find it.

This page https://www.ni.com/example/27944/en/

only has 18-0-1 and 17-0-0.  When I went to install 18, it stopped because it recognized I have a newer version installed already.

I have attached my evidence that v 19 exists.

Does anyone know where to find at least that version of the plug-in if not something newer?  Should I be downloading something else entirely that includes the plug-in as a side effect?  I did have DIAdem installed previously but the license expired.

Thanks!

[Brad_Turpin]

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for pointing this out, and your feedback has been communicated to R&D management.  I would also have expected standalone installers for the newer versions of the Excel TDM Addin to appear at that download site.  The Excel TDM Addin does install with various NI software packages such as LabVIEW, DIAdem, SystemLink, etc., so that's likely where you got the 2019 version.

Brad Turpin

Principal Technical Support Engineer

NI

[carlos_camargo]

Hi Brad,

Thanks very much for your attention to this matter.

I appreciate the information too about the installation alongside other packages.

I've recently become a fan of this format and would like that installer so my

customers (co-workers) can access the data without me needing to post-process

it for them.

Thanks again!

 C

[Brad_Turpin]

Hi Carlos,

I don't have a resolution for you yet, but I do have some explanations, in case that helps.  Up until pretty recently, NI used MSI installers for all its software, including for the standalone Excel TDM Add-in.  When NI switched to using package installers for all its software, many previous standalone installers had to wait until the major software packages made the jump to package installers.  The latest version of the Excel TDM Add-in now installs with the package technology with LabVIEW, DIAdem, SystemLink, etc., but we have not yet created a standalone installer for it.  R&D has been informed of this gap, and I hope that they will soon respond by creating one.  After we have a standalone installer for the latest Excel TDM Add-in version, getting it posted to the download site with all the other versions should be easy.

Sorry for the delay and inconvenience,

Brad Turpin

Principal Technical Support Engineer

NI