Add option to customise which columns are exported in export data action

packages/builder/src/components/design/PropertiesPanel/PropertyControls/ButtonActionEditor/actions/ExportData.svelte

@@ -1,37 +1,54 @@
 <script>
-  import { Label, Select, Body } from "@budibase/bbui"
-  import { findAllMatchingComponents } from "builderStore/componentUtils"
+  import { Label, Select, Body, Multiselect } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import {
+    findAllMatchingComponents,
+    findComponent,
+  } from "builderStore/componentUtils"
   import { currentAsset } from "builderStore"
   import { onMount } from "svelte"
+  import {
+    getDatasourceForProvider,
+    getSchemaForDatasource,
+  } from "builderStore/dataBinding"
 
   export let parameters
 
+  const FORMATS = [
+    {
+      label: "CSV",
+      value: "csv",
+    },
+    {
+      label: "JSON",
+      value: "json",
+    },
+  ]
+
   $: tables = findAllMatchingComponents($currentAsset?.props, component =>
     component._component.endsWith("table")
   ).map(table => ({
     label: table._instanceName,
     value: table._id,
   }))
-
   $: tableBlocks = findAllMatchingComponents($currentAsset?.props, component =>
     component._component.endsWith("tableblock")
   ).map(block => ({
     label: block._instanceName,
     value: `${block._id}-table`,
   }))
-
   $: componentOptions = tables.concat(tableBlocks)
+  $: columnOptions = getColumnOptions(parameters.tableComponentId)
 
-  const FORMATS = [
-    {
-      label: "CSV",
-      value: "csv",
-    },
-    {
-      label: "JSON",
-      value: "json",
-    },
-  ]
+  const getColumnOptions = tableId => {
+    // Strip block suffix if block component
+    if (tableId?.includes("-")) {
+      tableId = tableId.split("-")[0]
+    }
+    const selectedTable = findComponent($currentAsset?.props, tableId)
+    const datasource = getDatasourceForProvider($currentAsset, selectedTable)
+    const { schema } = getSchemaForDatasource($currentAsset, datasource)
+    return Object.keys(schema || {})
+  }
 
   onMount(() => {
     if (!parameters.type) {
@@ -53,10 +70,16 @@
     <Select
       bind:value={parameters.tableComponentId}
       options={componentOptions}
+      on:change={() => (parameters.columns = [])}
     />
-
     <Label small>Export as</Label>
     <Select bind:value={parameters.type} options={FORMATS} />
+    <Label small>Export columns</Label>
+    <Multiselect
+      placeholder="All columns"
+      bind:value={parameters.columns}
+      options={columnOptions}
+    />
   </div>
 </div>
 
@@ -80,7 +103,7 @@
     display: grid;
     column-gap: var(--spacing-xs);
     row-gap: var(--spacing-s);
-    grid-template-columns: 70px 1fr;
+    grid-template-columns: 90px 1fr;
     align-items: center;
   }
 </style>

packages/client/src/utils/buttonActions.js

@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ const exportDataHandler = async action => {
         tableId: selection.tableId,
         rows: selection.selectedRows,
         format: action.parameters.type,
+        columns: action.parameters.columns,
       })
       download(data, `${selection.tableId}.${action.parameters.type}`)
     } catch (error) {

packages/frontend-core/src/api/rows.js

@@ -65,12 +65,15 @@ export const buildRowEndpoints = API => ({
    * Exports rows.
    * @param tableId the table ID to export the rows from
    * @param rows the array of rows to export
+   * @param format the format to export (csv or json)
+   * @param columns which columns to export (all if undefined)
    */
-  exportRows: async ({ tableId, rows, format }) => {
+  exportRows: async ({ tableId, rows, format, columns }) => {
     return await API.post({
       url: `/api/${tableId}/rows/exportRows?format=${format}`,
       body: {
         rows,
+        columns,
       },
       parseResponse: async response => {
         return await response.text()

packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.js

@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ exports.validate = async () => {
 exports.exportRows = async ctx => {
   const { datasourceId } = breakExternalTableId(ctx.params.tableId)
   const db = getAppDB()
-  let format = ctx.query.format
+  const format = ctx.query.format
+  const { columns } = ctx.request.body
   const datasource = await db.get(datasourceId)
   if (!datasource || !datasource.entities) {
     ctx.throw(400, "Datasource has not been configured for plus API.")
@@ -171,13 +172,27 @@ exports.exportRows = async ctx => {
   }
 
   let result = await exports.search(ctx)
-  let headers = Object.keys(result.rows[0])
+  let rows = []
+
+  // Filter data to only specified columns if required
+  if (columns && columns.length) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < result.rows.length; i++) {
+      rows[i] = {}
+      for (let column of columns) {
+        rows[i][column] = result.rows[i][column]
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    rows = result.rows
+  }
+
+  let headers = Object.keys(rows[0])
   const exporter = exporters[format]
   const filename = `export.${format}`
 
   // send down the file
   ctx.attachment(filename)
-  return apiFileReturn(exporter(headers, result.rows))
+  return apiFileReturn(exporter(headers, rows))
 }
 
 exports.fetchEnrichedRow = async ctx => {