To export dashboard data as a spreadsheet:
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Click the Export To button in the dashboard title to export the entire dashboard, or click the Export To button in the title of a dashboard item to only export that item.
Note:
Some dashboard items may not allow exports or may not be configured for exports.
- Select Export To Excel. The Export To Excel dialog box is displayed.
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Enter a file name for the exported file in the File Name field. By default, the title of the dashboard or dashboard item is used as the file name.
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Dashboard titles may contain characters that are not allowed in file names. Illegal characters are replaced with an underbar ( _ ) in the exported file name.
- Select a file format from the Excel Format drop-down list.
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If CSV is selected as the format, enter the separator character to use in the Separator field. The default character is a comma ( , ).
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The Separator field is only enabled if CSV is the selected format.
- Select Filters to include the filters applied to the data item in the spreadsheet.
- Select Parameters to include the parameters applied to the data item in the spreadsheet.
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If Filters or Parameters is selected, select where in the spreadsheet to put the information from the Position drop-down list.
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The Position drop-down list is only enabled if Filter or Parameters is selected.
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Click Export. The file is saved to the Downloads folder of the user currently logged in to the workstation. For example, C:\Users\JohnDoe\Downloads.
Note:
Graphical representations of the data, such as pie charts and bar charts, are not preserved. Data is saved to Excel in grid format for all data items.