SharedRuntime is not working in Windows Excel Desktop

Question

Our end goal is to share data from custom functions to the dialog box in windows excel desktop. We are trying to get that by using OfficeRuntime.storage with sharedRuntime. So we are trying to create a project with sharedRuntime in windows excel desktop. For this we followed these steps to create a sharedruntime project which works in excel live but not in Excel desktop. We were not able to see logs to identify the issue.

Below is the manifest file that we used -
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<OfficeApp xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/appforoffice/1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:bt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/officeappbasictypes/1.0" xmlns:ov="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/taskpaneappversionoverrides" xsi:type="TaskPaneApp">
<Id>ebfrt-894cc9-a57f-a3rtydfd91</Id>
<Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
<ProviderName>Contoso</ProviderName>
<DefaultLocale>en-US</DefaultLocale>
<DisplayName DefaultValue="New Web AddIntwo"/>
<Description DefaultValue="Write your own Excel functions in JavaScript."/>
<IconUrl DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-32.png"/>
<HighResolutionIconUrl DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-64.png"/>
<SupportUrl DefaultValue="https://www.contoso.com/help"/>
<AppDomains>
<AppDomain>https://www.contoso.com</AppDomain>
</AppDomains>
<Hosts>
<Host Name="Workbook"/>
</Hosts>
<Requirements>
<Sets DefaultMinVersion="1.1">
<Set Name="SharedRuntime" MinVersion="1.1"/>
</Sets>
</Requirements>
<DefaultSettings>
<SourceLocation DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/taskpane.html"/>
</DefaultSettings>
<Permissions>ReadWriteDocument</Permissions>
<VersionOverrides xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/taskpaneappversionoverrides" xsi:type="VersionOverridesV1_0">
<Hosts>
<Host xsi:type="Workbook">
<Runtimes>
<Runtime resid="Taskpane.Url" lifetime="long" />
</Runtimes>
<AllFormFactors>
<ExtensionPoint xsi:type="CustomFunctions">
<Script>
<SourceLocation resid="Functions.Script.Url"/>
</Script>
<Page>
<SourceLocation resid="Taskpane.Url"/>
</Page>
<Metadata>
<SourceLocation resid="Functions.Metadata.Url"/>
</Metadata>
<Namespace resid="Functions.Namespace"/>
</ExtensionPoint>
</AllFormFactors>
<DesktopFormFactor>
<GetStarted>
<Title resid="GetStarted.Title"/>
<Description resid="GetStarted.Description"/>
<LearnMoreUrl resid="GetStarted.LearnMoreUrl"/>
</GetStarted>
<FunctionFile resid="Taskpane.Url"/>
<ExtensionPoint xsi:type="PrimaryCommandSurface">
<OfficeTab id="TabHome">
<Group id="CommandsGroup">
<Label resid="CommandsGroup.Label"/>
<Icon>
<bt:Image size="16" resid="Icon.16x16"/>
<bt:Image size="32" resid="Icon.32x32"/>
<bt:Image size="80" resid="Icon.80x80"/>
</Icon>
<Control xsi:type="Button" id="TaskpaneButton">
<Label resid="TaskpaneButton.Label"/>
<Supertip>
<Title resid="TaskpaneButton.Label"/>
<Description resid="TaskpaneButton.Tooltip"/>
</Supertip>
<Icon>
<bt:Image size="16" resid="Icon.16x16"/>
<bt:Image size="32" resid="Icon.32x32"/>
<bt:Image size="80" resid="Icon.80x80"/>
</Icon>
<Action xsi:type="ShowTaskpane">
<TaskpaneId>ButtonId1</TaskpaneId>
<SourceLocation resid="Taskpane.Url"/>
</Action>
</Control>
</Group>
</OfficeTab>
</ExtensionPoint>
</DesktopFormFactor>
</Host>
</Hosts>
<Resources>
<bt:Images>
<bt:Image id="Icon.16x16" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-16.png"/>
<bt:Image id="Icon.32x32" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-32.png"/>
<bt:Image id="Icon.80x80" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-80.png"/>
</bt:Images>
<bt:Urls>
<bt:Url id="Functions.Script.Url" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/dist/functions.js"/>
<bt:Url id="Functions.Metadata.Url" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/dist/functions.json"/>
<bt:Url id="Functions.Page.Url" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/dist/functions.html"/>
<bt:Url id="GetStarted.LearnMoreUrl" DefaultValue="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=276812"/>
<bt:Url id="Commands.Url" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/commands.html"/>
<bt:Url id="Taskpane.Url" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/taskpane.html"/>
</bt:Urls>
<bt:ShortStrings>
<bt:String id="Functions.Namespace" DefaultValue="CONTOSO"/>
<bt:String id="GetStarted.Title" DefaultValue="Get started with your sample add-in!"/>
<bt:String id="CommandsGroup.Label" DefaultValue="Commands Group"/>
<bt:String id="TaskpaneButton.Label" DefaultValue="Show Taskpane"/>
</bt:ShortStrings>
<bt:LongStrings>
<bt:String id="GetStarted.Description" DefaultValue="Your sample add-in loaded succesfully. Go to the HOME tab and click the 'Show Taskpane' button to get started."/>
<bt:String id="TaskpaneButton.Tooltip" DefaultValue="Click to Show a Taskpane"/>
</bt:LongStrings>
</Resources>
</VersionOverrides>
</OfficeApp>

Answer 1

Hi @Swaroopa Rani , using runtime logging might be a useful tool to help you debug issues with your manifest: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/testing/runtime-logging

In this case, it appears your <Id> value is not a valid GUID. Please see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/javascript/api/manifest/id?view=common-js-preview