MedicOneSystems / MedicOneSystems/livewire-datatables
Feature Request: custom export column names
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Description
I would like to use the label strings with the excel export instead of the datatable join column names.
For this, mainly the function getSelectStatements has to be altered in the when clause at three places:
$column->name
has to be replaced with
$column->label
However, this is not possible directly, as this function is used elsewhere.
For now, I had to override the functions
buildDatabaseQuery, getQuery and export
inside my customized class in order to get to place of usage of getSelectStatements and override it with the needed functionality. Are you able to provide a more convenient way to do this?
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Research direction
Start by tracing getSelectStatements and its callers, especially buildDatabaseQuery, getQuery, and export. Confirm how datatable column names and label strings reach Excel export, then make the export behavior configurable without requiring a customized class to override all three methods.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- laravel, php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100