How to call Datatable csv button from custom button
dataTables export buttons is by default enriched with signature classes like .buttons-excel
, .buttons-pdf
, .buttons-csv
and so on. Take advantage of that :
$('#ExportReporttoExcel').on('click', function() {
$('.buttons-excel').click()
});
Say you have your own button
<a href="javascript:;" style="some button style" class="button_export_excel">Export Excel</a>
And you have your table that you are using the below code for;
$(document).ready(function () {
var table = $('#example').DataTable({
"paging": false,
"info": false,
searching: false,
dom: 'Bfrtip',
buttons: [
{
extend: 'excelHtml5'
}
]
});
});
Then all you need to do is to use this code below:
$('#example').DataTable({
"paging": false,
"info": false,
buttons: [
{
extend: 'excel'
},
{
extend: 'csv'
},
]
});
$('.button_export_excel').click(() => {
$('#example').DataTable().buttons(0,0).trigger()
})
The 0,0 points to excel and if you want to point to csv you do 0,1.
At last i found the solution.
In Datatable configuration , i added click event for the button to be triggered.
buttons: [
{
extend: 'csv',
}
]
$("#ExportReporttoExcel").on("click", function() {
table.button( '.buttons-csv' ).trigger();
});
This works fine for me thanks for the comments and answers