# Add new action in rails controller

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**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** plugin-api\
**Created:** [March 6, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-action-in-rails-controller/298157 "2024-03-06T10:21:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-action-in-rails-controller/298157/5 "2024-03-06T14:39:08Z")

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> [@maaatt](#):
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> so exporting to CSV is the only way to show him the data

With the [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin, you have a button to export in CVS or JSON (and, recently, even one to show a graph).

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You can also allow specific groups to access the query (if we are not talking about admin users here)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/2/7/4270599c7d9a6047a254d5e326531663206f8343.png)

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](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/b/b/5bbaefd4c5b739708ebb217720a79ed86caeb695.png)

Would that work?

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