Essbase Spreadsheed Addin will not be longer available

Oracle announce tathl Excel spreadsheet add-in for Essbase will be not longer available.

With a “Statement of Direction” Oracle confirm the complete migration to Smart View:

After of January 1, 2013, Oracle Essbase Spreadsheet Add-in will no longer be available 
for general distribution with new releases of Oracle Essbase. Releases prior January 1, 
2013 should be considered a terminal release for Essbase Spreadsheet Add-in and customers 
should make preparations to migrate to Oracle Hyperion Smart View for Office. 
Existing licensed customers of Oracle’s Essbase Spreadsheet Add-in will continue to be 
supported per the terms of their maintenance agreements with Oracle.

Essbase Spreadsheet Addin will be deleted starting from EPM version 11.1.2.3.