Let’s jump in the Wayback Machine and visit a time known as Excel 2003.

In short the answer is that this is probably Access’s “fault.” I’m only half serious.

And as luck has it, I have a LOT of personal experience with precisely this kind of thing, from back in my days working on the Excel team. This is, of course, the next natural question. First, I want to tell a story, because the innards of MS are often something that interests people. If you want to know how to “fix” this problem, skip to the end of the post. We will now pause for a moment of disappointed silence Well the short version is that Microsoft took PowerPivot and Power View OUT of most versions of Office 2013. And yes, my original expectation was precisely that – it would be in 2013 for everyone. The questions all go something like this: “Hey Rob I just bought Office 2013, went to enable PowerPivot, and it’s not there! It was supposed to be included in 2013 right?” I’ve been getting tons of questions about this – in email, twitter, on forums, etc. The Short Answer is That You Need “Pro Plus” – “Professional” is NOT Enough Overdue Post in Response to a Popular Question You can get Power Pivot by buying Excel 2013 Standalone (Currently at $99) OR Office 365 ProPlus Subscription (Currently at $12 per user/per month). Update Oct 11, 2013: I’ve been given the “all clear” by Microsoft and from readers that as of this week, Excel 2013 Standalone DOES include and successfully install Power Pivot!

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