title: PowerPivot for Excel 2013 "The operations cannot be performed because another operations is in progress..."
body: <p>I was trying to paste some data in PowerPivot in a blank Excel file.</p>
  
  <p>When I opened the PowerPivot (via Manage in the PowerPivot tab), the circling cursor showed it was busy. It never disappeared. Then I clicked Paste, it asked me for a name for the table. After I click OK, the error message shows:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/M3hJ8.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/M3hJ8.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"The operation cannot be performed because another operation is in
    progress. Please wait for the other operation to complete and try
    again."</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Click OK, another error message:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ztDuV.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ztDuV.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"The Operation cannot be performed because another operation is in
    progress. Please wait for the other operation to complete and try
    again."</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The Detail shows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>============================ Error Message:
  ============================
  
  The operation was canceled.
  ---------------------------- The operation cannot be performed because another operation is in progress. Please wait for the other operation to complete and try again.
  
  ============================ Call Stack:
  ============================
  
  
  ----------------------------    at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.BackEnd.SandboxTransaction..ctor(DataModelingSandbox inputSandbox, SandboxTransactionProperties properties)    at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.BackEnd.DataModelingSandbox.CreateTransaction(SandboxTransactionProperties properties)    at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Common.SandboxEditor.PasteData(String htmlContent, Boolean useExcelFormat, Boolean requireConfirmation)    at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Common.SandboxEditor.PasteFromClipboard()
  
  ============================
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am wondering, it is a new blank Excel and PowerPivot, how comes the error message?</p>