Reporting Services Tips and Tricks > Exporting to Different Formats > Why can't I see my subreport when I export to Excel?

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If you have a subreport within a cell within a table and try to export it to Excel you will see the following message within the cell in Excel:

This is a limitation of SSRS, at least up to version 2005. One way to avoid getting this message is to use a list and place your subreport within the list and it will export perfectly to Excel.

Last updated on November 9, 2011 by Bob