How do I change the name of file while exporting data to Excel?
here is an example which demonstrates Export HTML Table to Excel With Custom File Name: http://www.kubilayerdogan.net/javascript-export-html-table-to-excel-with-custom-file-name/
Not only for excel, in addition, for many kind of format can useable.
var element = document.createElement('a');
element.setAttribute('href', 'data:application/vnd.ms-excel,' + encodeURIComponent(htmlTable));
element.setAttribute('download', fileName);
element.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(element);
element.click();
document.body.removeChild(element);
https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/189/how-to-create-a-file-and-generate-a-download-with-javascript-in-the-browser-without-a-server
Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=C:\YOURFILENAME.xls;"
I had the same issue, and since the new format (maybe not supported by every browser) <a download=""></a>
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.
<button>
to <a>
window.open()
<a>
behavior (so, no more e.preventDefault()
) but changing href
to data:blabla
and adding download="filename"
:<div id="example" class="k-content">
<a href="#" id="btnExport" >Export to csv!</a>
<div id="grid"></div>
</div>
<script>
$("#btnExport").click(function (e) {
var result = "data:application/vnd.ms-excel,";
this.href = result;
this.download = "my-custom-filename.xls";
return true;
});
</script>
You can't do this with client-side JavaScript, you need to set the response header...
.NET
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;filename=filename.xls")
Or PHP
$filename = 'somehting.xls';
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$filename.'"');
var a = document.createElement('a');
//getting data from our div that contains the HTML table
var data_type = 'data:application/vnd.ms-excel';
a.href = data_type + ', ' + encodeURIComponent(tab_text);
//setting the file name
a.download = 'SupervisorReport.xls';
//triggering the function
a.click();
//just in case, prevent default behaviour
e.preventDefault();
return (a);