Exception from HRESULT: 0xC0048021 in DIXF AX 2012 R3

If you’re using Excel 2013 , the problem is caused by DMConfig XML file.

Go to the DMConfig.xml file in the Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\DataImportExportFramework  folder and replace the PipelineComponentInfo_Multicast, PipelineComponentInfo_ExcelSource and  <PipelineComponentInfo_ExcelDestination> nodes by the following:

<PipelineComponentInfo_Multicast>
{33D831DE-5DCF-48F0-B431-4D327B9E785D}
< /PipelineComponentInfo_Multicast>
< PipelineComponentInfo_ExcelSource>
{9F5C585F-2F02-4622-B273-F75D52419D4A}
< /PipelineComponentInfo_ExcelSource>
< PipelineComponentInfo_ExcelDestination>
{90E2E609-1207-4CB0-A8CE-CC7B8CFE2510}
< /PipelineComponentInfo_ExcelDestination>