When using Chrome or FireFox, if I run the SSRS 2008 R2 report and click on Actions -> Export in the tool bar, seven options flair out on the right, including Excel.
If I use IE 9 or IE 10, I can click on Actions -> Export, but nothing flairs out to the right, unless I put the site in the "local intranet" zone. Simply putting it in the trusted sites zone did not work. Interestingly, if you call the report with the windows.open function, the export to Excel feature is available, irrespective of whether the site is in the trusted zone or the local intranet zone. The export issue only occurs then when the user clicks on it directly in the reports library (SharePoint 2010 SP1).
My question then is how to get the same functionality in IE 9/10 as with Chrome or FireFox, and be able to export to Excel without the "local intranet" zone, which is a non starter from a security standpoint. Thanks.