Details
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Type: New Feature
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Status: Done/Fixed
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Priority: Minor
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Resolution: Fixed/Completed
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Affects Version/s: 3.2
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Fix Version/s: 3.3.alpha
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Component/s: CiviCRM Search
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Labels:None
Description
Hi,
The current export as two usability problems according to my users:
1) That's "complicated" to choose the fields, and decide if you want only the default fields or choose more (minor point IMO)
2) That's csv, and a major software company has decided that it would be a good idea to expect comma to separate the fields in their us/uk version, but semi column in their french version, plus to expect by default latin1/win1251 charset, and makes it impossible to choose during the import when excel is associated with .csv extension (major issue IMO, you need to explain to save as blabla.txt, so you can get the option when you import, but still a royal PITA).
That's such a problem than Democrats abroad for instance are telling their users to print, then copy paste the result into their spreadsheet.
I would like to offer something as simple as the print, but that'd generate an excel.
Tested and if you put the right content type in the header and put only a <table> it got nicely imported in the spreadsheet, that would offer a one step export to excel, dumb, but trouble free.
Created a new action, new template and new "print" mode so it works, code in my dev machine.
I think the right place is to put it next to the print button (eg. in the action menu, not in the ribbon, as per the erroneous push).
What do you think ?
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