What are some alternatives to create a report with additional header/footer information at the top and bottom of the page without entirely revamping the table library for display? I'm currently using Jquery/Bootgrid to load the data into tables
The following function is a working implementation for exporting the list of search results. A CSV file would be available for download.But due to limitations with the "msSaveOrOpenBlob" / CSV format, I cannot include the header/footer information. To clarify, the report does not need to be in CSV format, common formats which can be displayed in a table form will do.
function getVisCol(visibleCol){
$("#searchresult th").each(function(){
visibleCol.push($(this).data('columnId'));
});
}
$(".exportBtn").on('click', function(){
//exportExcel();
form = {
'userId' : $("#inputid").val(),
'name' : $("#inputname").val(),
'age' : $("#inputage").val(),
'country' : $("#inputcountry").val()
}
$.ajax({
type : 'POST',
contentType : "application/json",
url : retrieveUserForExport,
data: JSON.stringify(form),
beforeSend: function(xhr) {
xhr.setRequestHeader(csrfHeader, csrfToken);
},
success:function(jd, textStatus, jqXHR) {
myQuery = JSON.stringify(jd);
var visCol = [];
getVisCol(visCol);
JSONToCSVConvertor(myQuery, "ExportFile", true, visCol);
}
});
});
function JSONToCSVConvertor(JSONData, ReportTitle, ShowLabel, ignoreColumns) {
//If JSONData is not an object then JSON.parse will parse the JSON string in an Object
var arrData = typeof JSONData != 'object' ? JSON.parse(JSONData) : JSONData;
var CSV = '' + '\r\n\n';
//Set Report title in first row or line
//CSV += ReportTitle ;
//This condition will generate the Label/Header
if (ShowLabel) {
var row = "";
//This loop will extract the label from 1st index of on array
for (var index in arrData[0]) {
if(ignoreColumns.indexOf(index) > -1)
//Now convert each value to string and comma-seprated
row += index + ',';
}
row = row.slice(0, -1);
//append Label row with line break
CSV += row + '\r\n';
console.log("CSV value: " + CSV);
}
//1st loop is to extract each row
for (var i = 0; i < arrData.length; i++) {
var row = "";
//2nd loop will extract each column and convert it in string comma-seprated
for (var index in arrData[i]) {
if(ignoreColumns.indexOf(index) > -1)
row += '"' + arrData[i][index] + '",';
}
row.slice(0, row.length - 1);
//add a line break after each row
CSV += row + '\r\n';
console.log("CSV2 value: " + CSV);
}
if (CSV == '') {
alert("Invalid data");
return;
}
//Generate a file name
var fileName = "Report_";
//this will remove the blank-spaces from the title and replace it with an underscore
fileName += ReportTitle.replace(/ /g,"_");
//Initialize file format you want csv or xls
var uri = 'data:text/csv;charset=utf-8,' + escape(CSV);
// Now the little tricky part.
// you can use either>> window.open(uri);
// but this will not work in some browsers
// or you will not get the correct file extension
if(window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) {
var textFileAsBlob = new Blob([CSV], {
type: 'text/plain'
});
//window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(textFileAsBlob, fileName + ".csv");
} else {
//this trick will generate a temp <a /> tag
var link = document.createElement("a");
link.href = uri;
//set the visibility hidden so it will not effect on your web-layout
link.style = "visibility:hidden";
link.download = fileName + ".csv";
//this part will append the anchor tag and remove it after automatic click
document.body.appendChild(link);
link.click();
document.body.removeChild(link);
}
}