new orthogonal data - export

bobfindlay

sometimes, data displayed on screen is not suitable for export. e.g. we have a table where some of the columns display as check-boxes indicating true/false or yes/no. when I export to csv, pdf etc I get nothing, but with an export orthogonal data option e.g.

<TD data-export="Yes">

I would get something sensible in my export.

Or perhaps even to prevent something being exported that shouldn't -

<TD data-export="Not appropriate for export">

You might even want to make it specific to the export type and have

data-export-copy
data-export-csv
data-export-pdf
data-export-excel
data-export-print

with data-export as one that covers all options

thanks for a great utility!

allan

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion. At lot of this is actually possible already, as you can select which columns you want to export and which not through the configuration options. You can also use orthogonal data to export data specific to the export.

Regards,
Allan