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see if you can do it via url<br />
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<a href="http://MYSERVER/ReportServer?MyReport&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=Excel" rel="ugc">http://MYSERVER/ReportServer?MyReport&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=Excel</a>
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see if you can do it via url
ex..
http://MYSERVER/ReportServer?MyReport&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=Excel [http://MYSERVER/ReportServer?MyReport&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=Excel]

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We have SQL Server 2005 SE SP2 running with Report Server. It should be possible to export the reports generated to PDF and Excel. For some reason this doesn't work in Internet Explorer, but it does work in Firefox. <br />
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Is this a SQL Server problem, or IIS? How can I fix this to work in IE as well?
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We have SQL Server 2005 SE SP2 running with Report Server. It should be possible to export the reports generated to PDF and Excel. For some reason this doesn't work in Internet Explorer, but it does work in Firefox. 

Is this a SQL Server problem, or IIS? How can I fix this to work in IE as well?

Report Server: Export report to excel doesn't work in IE, only in FF

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.