let dataModel = {Id = 123571113, Name="jason bourne"};
let jsonModel = JSON.stringify(dataModel);
let curDate = new Date();
let targetUrl = '@Url.Action("Reports", "Report", new { @area = "Reports" })';
let targetWindowName = "something meaningful" + " " + curDate.toISOString();//add datetime stamp to avoid issue where you cannot open a window with the same name as the current window.
let html = "some html content to provide a temporary message to your audience";
let targetWindow = window.open(targetUrl, targetWindowName);
if (targetWindow !== null && targetWindow !== undefined)
{
   targetWindow.document.write(html);
   targetWindow.document.close(); // to finish loading the page
   targetWindow.document.title = targetWindowName;

   //attempt to forcibly update the URL in the history and target window location to fix problem with grid export to excel on Edge browser
   let targetWindowHistoryHref = window.location.href;
   if (oModel.BuildingDesigns !== null && oModel.BuildingDesigns !== undefined && oModel.BuildingDesigns.length > 0) {
       targetWindowHistoryHref += "?oBuildingDesignId=" + oModel.BuildingDesigns[0].ObfuscatedBuildingDesignId + "&BuildingDesignName=" + oModel.BuildingDesigns[0].BuildingDesignName;
   } else {
       targetWindowHistoryHref += "?" + oModel.Target;
   }
   targetWindow.history.pushState(null, null, targetWindowHistoryHref);
}
$.when(
	$.ajax({
		type: "POST",
		dataType: "html", // this is the data type expected to be returned from the controller method
		contentType: "application/json", // this is the content type expected by the controller method
		url: targetUrl,
		data: jsonModel,
		beforeSend: function() {
			console.log(".... submitting report request");
			athena.loader.loading("submitting report request");
		},
		success: function(response) {
			athena.loader.stopLoading();
			if (debugLevel > 2) {
				console.log(".... response = " + response + " : ", response);
			}

			//attempt to populate the target browser tab with the response
			try {
				console.log(".... attempting to open a browser tab and populate it with the HTML response object");
				console.log(".... targetWindow = " + targetWindow);
				//will trigger popup blockers :: targetWindow = window.open("", oModel.Target);
				if (targetWindow !== null) {
					if (response === null || response === undefined) {
						targetWindow.document.body.innerHTML = '';
					} else {
						//completely replace the existing document (not just the innerhtml)
						targetWindow.document.open();
						targetWindow.document.write(response);
						targetWindow.document.close();
						targetWindow.document.title = targetWindowName;
					}
				}
			} catch (ex) {
				// do nothing, just catch when the open fails.
				console.log("error: " + ex.message);
			}
		},
		error: function(jqXhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
			console.log('.... error :: ajax status = ' + textStatus + ' :: errorThrown = ' + errorThrown);
			console.log('....-- jqXhr.responseText :: \n' + jqXhr.responseText);
		}
	})
).done(
	function() {
		console.log(".... report request has completed");
		targetWindow.focus();
	}
);

columns.Bound(x => x.UserName)
        .ClientTemplate("<a href='" + Url.Admin().Account() + "/#= Id#/edit'>#= UserName #</a>")
        .Width(300);