Export a nested displaytag table in excel

Question

I have displayed a nested table using display tag . The code of my nested table is:

<display:table export="true" name="detailsList" id="parent" requestURI="" pagesize="1">

    <display:column property="testcaseName"  />
    <display:column property="subject"  />
    <display:column property="description"  title="Comments" />

    <c:set var="nestedName"
        value="detailsList[${parent_rowNum -1}].testList" />


    <display:column title="TestCase Details" >


        <display:table name="${nestedName}" id="child${parent_rowNum}"
            class="SimpleSublist">

            <display:column property="stepName" />
            <display:column property="description" />
            <display:column property="inputField" />
            <display:column property="inputData" />
            <display:column property="expectedResult" />
            <display:column property="remarks" />

        </display:table>

    </display:column>

</display:table>

I wanted to have the export option for the same... But I am not able to figure out how to do it.. Is there any workaround as the inbuilt export does not work here..

DarkHorse · Answer 1 · 2013-02-05T09:14:49.173

Which in-built export are you talking about? If you want to export something to excel, you will have to do it programatically using libs like apache poi [I have used it and found it great] and its examples.

UPDATE:

I googled and found this display tag link which says that nested tables cannot be exported by display tag :( (check the last line of limitations)

So the solution suggested above will work for you..

Export a nested displaytag table in excel

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