Hi Todor,

Thanks for the "Download Raw Data" suggestion. It should be a good feature. Unfortunately, even if I was ready to upgrade from .Net 7, it doesnt appear to be available for the HTML5 viewer or be an alternative export option for ReportProcessor render.

Hi,

I am sure there are a number of reasons to keep the current CSV renderer without losing any existing functionality.

I suggest the implementation of a new data centric CSV renderer. It should render only the tabular data as returned from the report's primary datasource[*]. It should also process any filters and sortings defined for the data item. This will give a very useful data output of the reports raw/"base" dataset - any parameterised logic/filtering applied. Including calculated fields would be very useful.

Additional features could be to use only data fields as defined by text boxes included in the detail section - or maybe a specified table data item can be used to define the output fields for the CSV render. If possible, additionally, being able to include selections of text boxes in detail and/or group sections, while still outputting a flat tabular data result in the CSV. These would allow further refinement of the output data by expressions.

[*] As a report definition doesnt always have a datasource defined against the report item, there should be some reasonable logic to determine the "main" or "default" datasource. I assume that the implementation of any renderer specific components or features are not wanted within the report definitions themselves. For the case of multiple datasources being defined, maybe a hidden parameter can be used to specify a datasource to use for the CSV render or a datasource naming convention (prefix?) be required, that could override a default selection.

Hi everyone,

I think that it might be best to keep the current functionality of the Visible property as only affecting the output in visual display formats - and have other means to control the rendering of data formats like CSV.

I have added a more detailed comment to my duplicate request - see "Duplicated Items" above.

Elena,

I believe you have missed the point of this request.  The situation involves a textbox with a value (which is essential for producing the result I need), but whose .Visible property is False.  I do not want to change the value of the textbox, I just want it to be not included in the CSV output -- i.e., I do not want the textbox to render as an empty column in the output.  I need to apply the same ability to XLSX output.

Is that a clearer explanation?

Thanks.