How to change the name of file while exporting data to Excel?

Question

How do I change the name of file while exporting data to Excel?

Answer 1

I had the same issue, and since the new format (maybe not supported by every browser) the following worked fine for me. This use directly HTML/Javascript without the PHP server part, because using a submit form is too heavy for big data tables.

• changing to
• no more window.open()
• using the basic behavior (so, no more e.preventDefault()) but changing href to data:blabla and adding download="filename" :

    Export to csv!