I am using server side processing for my tables. I have tables that have 60000+ rows with 65+ columns, so using client side is not an option for me. My end users want to pull up the tables and then use the filtering and sorting to narrow down what they are seeing. Then they want to Export All, usually still 30k - 40k rows with the 65+ columns and with the sorting in place too. I have tried a few things that I've found elsewhere and am hoping that you can help. Here's what I've tried so far:
{ extend: 'excel',
text: 'Export Current Page',
exportOptions: {
modifier: {
page: 'current'
}
},
customize: function (xlsx)
{
var sheet = xlsx.xl.worksheets['sheet1.xml'];
$('row:first c', sheet).attr('s', '7');
}
}
This does not do what I would like. It exports only the current page (which is why I made the text for it 'Export Current Page')
I've also tried this:
{
text: 'Export All to Excel',
action: function (e, dt, button, config)
{
dt.one('preXhr', function (e, s, data)
{
data.length = -1;
}).one('draw', function (e, settings, json, xhr)
{
var excelButtonConfig = $.fn.DataTable.ext.buttons.excelHtml5;
var addOptions = { exportOptions: { 'columns': ':all'} };
$.extend(true, excelButtonConfig, addOptions);
excelButtonConfig.action(e, dt, button, excelButtonConfig);
}).draw();
}
}
This simply sends the whole table to the screen instead of sending it to an excel file. Though it does pull the whole data set.
I'm sure that through the two of these I'm missing something that would allow me to Export the whole data set without sending it to the screen first.