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title: "How to install the Supermetrics Excel add-in"
slug: "how-to-install-the-supermetrics-excel-add-in"
description: "Learn how to install the Supermetrics Excel add-in for seamless data reporting in Excel."
updated: 2026-05-20T08:43:38Z
published: 2026-05-20T08:43:38Z
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# How to install the Supermetrics Excel add-in

Installing the Supermetrics Excel add-in is the first step towards connecting your data sources to your reporting in Excel. Individuals can install the add-in themselves, or [administrators can install and manage the add-in](/v1/docs/how-to-install-the-supermetrics-excel-add-in#install-for-users-in-an-organization) for users in their organization.

Follow these instructions to install the Supermetrics Excel Add-in for Excel 2016 (or newer), or Excel Online, directly from an Excel file. As some versions of Office [require Internet Explorer 11 to run add-ins](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/dev/add-ins/concepts/browsers-used-by-office-web-add-ins) like Supermetrics, we recommend installing it before beginning.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> If you see a message asking you to contact your **administrator** at any point in the process, get in touch with your organization's Microsoft administrator for help. Follow [these instructions](/v1/docs/how-to-fix-the-microsoft-need-admin-approval-error) to resolve the issues.

## Instructions

### Install for an individual

1. In Excel, navigate to the add-ins.
  - In the desktop version of Excel, or Excel Online, go to **Home** → **Add-ins** or **File** → **Get Add-ins**.
  - If you're using Excel for Mac or an older version of Excel, go to **Insert**→ **Get Add-ins**.
2. Click **More Add-ins** and type Supermetrics into the search bar.
3. After you've found the Supermetrics add-in, click **Add**, and then **Continue**.
4. Open to the **Data** tab in Excel.
5. At the right-hand side of the Ribbon, click **Show Supermetrics**.

You can also install the add-in from the Office Store:

1. Go to [Supermetrics in the Office Store](https://marketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/WA104381807?tab=Overview).
2. Click **Get it now**.
3. Sign in to Office, if prompted, and click **Continue**.
4. Click **Open in Excel**. If you don't have the desktop version of Excel, click **Try using Office Online**, and on the page that opens, click **Open in Excel Online**. ![Instructions for using the Excel add-in and accessing Office Online if needed.](https://cdn.document360.io/a13cead5-eaae-456f-9bd1-0941d590c0e3/Images/Documentation/excel-open-addin-in-excel.png)
5. In Excel, navigate to the **Data** tab.
6. At the right-hand side of the Ribbon, click **Show Supermetrics**.

> [!NOTE]
> If you don't see the add-in icon, please try to re-add it from the Office store by following the steps above.

The video below recaps the installation process.

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### Install for users in an organization

[Microsoft's Centralized Deployment feature](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/manage/centralized-deployment-of-add-ins?view=o365-worldwide) allows administrators to install add-ins safely and securely for users in the same organization. They can assign the add-in to certain people or user groups.

Administrators should refer to [Microsoft's documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/manage/manage-deployment-of-add-ins?view=o365-worldwide) for detailed instructions on how to deploy add-ins for their organizations. If you have any questions about how Supermetrics secures and handles data, please [read our security documentation](https://supermetrics.com/security). We are SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and CCPA compliant.

Once an administrator has deployed the Supermetrics add-in, users can find and install it in Excel by navigating to **Insert → Add-ins → Admin Managed**.

### Sign in

If your organization uses [single-sign on (SSO)](/v1/docs/about-using-supermetrics-with-single-sign-on-sso), you'll automatically be logged into Excel using your SSO-enabled account.

If your Supermetrics subscription is connected to a different account, you'll need to sign out of your SSO-enabled account and then back in with the account connected to your subscription.

To do this:

1. Open the Supermetrics sidebar in Excel.
2. Click the **menu icon** in the top left corner.
3. Click **Sign out**.
4. Click **Use another account**, and sign in with the email address that's connected to your Supermetrics subscription.

## Next steps

- [Learn how to connect data sources to Excel with Supermetrics](/v1/docs/how-to-connect-data-sources-to-excel-with-supermetrics)