How to use the Autory Excel ribbon¶
Autory 3 installs an Autory tab in the Excel ribbon. Use this tab when you want to start an Autory run from Excel.
Start one model run¶
- Open the Autory model workbook in Excel.
- Select the Autory tab in the Excel ribbon.
- Click Save & run.
Autory saves the active workbook and starts the run in a terminal window.
This is the Excel ribbon equivalent of running autory run direct.
Start RunMultiple runs¶
- Open the workbook that contains the
RunMultipleRunsandRunMultipleOptionstables. - Select the Autory tab in the Excel ribbon.
- Click Save & run multiple.
Autory saves the active workbook and starts the RunMultiple batch in a terminal window.
This is the Excel ribbon equivalent of running autory run multiple.
Stop a run¶
Runs started from the ribbon run in the terminal window opened by Autory. To stop one cleanly, see how to stop a run.
Open the documentation¶
Click Documentation to open this user documentation site.
Ribbon settings¶
Click Ribbon settings only when you need to control which Autory installation the Excel ribbon uses. For example, this can matter when you have more than one Autory version installed on the same computer.
See how to handle multiple Autory installations for the supported ways to change the ribbon's Autory installation.
If the ribbon does not appear¶
Close and reopen Excel after installing Autory.
If the Autory tab still does not appear:
- Check that Autory was installed successfully.
- If you have more than one Autory installation, reinstall the ribbon from the Autory installation you want Excel to use.
- If Excel blocks macros or opens the workbook in Protected View, see how to handle Excel security warnings.
Patching model workbooks¶
The ribbon starts runs; it does not patch model workbooks.
After upgrading Autory, patch model workbooks with
autory patch.