I would like to confirm that the following requirement has never been addressed before : Excel export of data from an Overview.
Our customers begin to have requirements where they would like to export existing data from an overview, and it could be nice if this could be an A12 feature.
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I would recommend to do it server side, because it seems like Safari is not fully supported. Maybe an extra Service. Where are the input parameter are the data + overview, maybe excel Template?
It is not a good idea to combine overview and excel export, because in the most cases the customer wants extra fields, which are not present in the current view. Maybe you can put a different overview as input parameter?
In chefsculinar we have some exports as CSV, Excel and even PDF, but we have wrote our own code, because our customer wants very specific formula in the Excels files.
About the customer wanting extra fields: i used to see a config for the excel export in different tables components where it is possible to define the available fields in the excel file.
I dont really get this point : ‘Where are the input parameter are the data + overview, maybe excel Template?’
I agree that it could be probably better that the implementation of the new service is the responsibility of the project. But it could be nice, if the overview could give the possibility of having a new button with an event that will trigger the call to this new service.
Hi Mathieu,
@dave-golden-layer implemented an Excel import for a pitch situation. This might be turned into an add-on. Maybe Dave has some aspects of interest for you.
A generic Excel export would at least be a good showcase feature.
The overview engine offers some options to place custom action buttons, so I assume you can extend it at least for the need of your project. If you run into trouble on this level, please let us know.
Hi Ansgar,
Thank you for the input; I will therefore create a new requirement ticket, and we will get in touch with projects to have a deeper look in their current implementation and see what can be reused