Enable export

[Azzerty23]

Is it possible to add an export feature ?
I imagine to have an exportable property in DataTableColumn (like sortable) and a DataTableExportProps to define filename and supported file type (csv and/or Excel)

[icflorescu]

I think this kind of falls outside the scope of the project.

Think about the implications:
There's a potentially infinite number of ways to export data; different people will have different needs and opinions and there's simply no generic way of handling this.
Some would want their entire dataset to be exported (even if the table is showing a page).
There's also the problem of correctly formatting/localizing the exported data for Excel.
For instance, in my projects I've been using this feature with exceljs (an excellent package I highly recommend), which is not exactly trivial to use and requires heavy customization if you need useful output data.

So, to cut a long story short, I'm of the opinion that you should implement your own export mechanism in your projects.

[Azzerty23]

I see, thank you for your quick reply and for all the work !

[icflorescu]

Thank you for your kind words!

[otobot1]

Yeah I agree. This would add a lot of bloat to the datatable code and is better handled in a parent component (using whatever solution works for the use case).