I’m building a plugin to add new exports in the users section. Instead to add new controller for every export I would like to extend the ExportCsvController and add new actions to it. How can I achieve this? Thanks

Thanks for your reply. I need to create two new exports: users with membership groups categories with related groups I would like to add these two exports inside the ExportCsvController without creating new controller for every export. Yes, the data explorer could solve the problem but the client for whom I am building the forum is not technical so exporting to CSV is the only way to show him the data. The plugin is not adding a new method for an existing rails controller but it is creating a new controller for the data explorer logic.

The data explorer plugin will let them download a csv. And if you want you can automate it by downloading the file directly with the API.

[image] maaatt: so exporting to CSV is the only way to show him the data With the Data Explorer plugin, you have a button to export in CVS or JSON (and, recently, even one to show a graph). You can also allow specific groups to access the query (if we are not talking about admin users here) [image] Then, the user can see a Reports on the group page. He can run the query, and then he can export the results to CSV. [image] Would that work?

Yes it can work but the user need to know how to write down a SQL query right?

You (the admin) create the SQL, and the user can run the query – the users can’t create or edit. What the user sees is a list of queries they can run: [image] [image]

Ok thanks, I will try to investigate if this solution can work for our customers. :pray:

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) March 6, 2024, 1:13pm 2

What problem my are you solving? Could the data explorer plugin solve it?

If not, you can have a look at it, as it adds a route and exports csv.

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