Chopsaw Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I am not having any luck with this using these setting to export a material list that has excluded columns. If I select "Include Hidden Columns" I get everything, but I don't want everything yet if I don't select it chief hides the columns I want. This is what I am exporting. Here are the results I get in Excel. Columns B, C , D, and E have all of the data that I want to export and "Unhide Columns" setting does nothing in Excel. Is there another setting somewhere I have missed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 11:34 PM, Chopsaw said: "Unhide Columns" setting does nothing in Excel. Expand I think you probably just need to scroll to the left and you'll find that it does indeed do what you're looking for. P.S. It may be that you're not selecting anything. Select All before unhiding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 11:45 PM, solver said: Looks like empty columns are not exported. Expand Actually the empty columns are the only ones that are exported. I will edit my original posting so you can see the original in Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 11:47 PM, Alaskan_Son said: P.S. It may be that you're not selecting anything. Select All before unhiding. Expand That is the ticket right there. I knew they must have been hiding since the column sequence was messed up. Is there possibly a setting that would prevent that from happening on import ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 11:54 PM, Chopsaw said: Is there possibly a setting that would prevent that from happening on import ? Expand Short of running a custom script, no. I think this is just a bug in Chief's export. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 12:12 AM, Alaskan_Son said: Short of running a custom script, no. I think this is just a bug in Chief's export. Expand Ok thanks. I will just have to remember the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 12:28 AM, Chopsaw said: Ok thanks. I will just have to remember the trick. Expand I usually just copy and paste myself so it's not something I typically have to deal with, but I can tell you that the export results with regard to hidden cells varies a bit depending on which columns you have displayed and on how many columns you have displayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 12:36 AM, Alaskan_Son said: I usually just copy and paste myself so it's not something I typically have to deal with, but I can tell you that the export results with regard to hidden cells varies a bit depending on which columns you have displayed and on how many columns you have displayed. Expand There seem to be issues with cut and paste as well. It seems to give you all the hidden columns somehow that are not displayed. I will work with the export function for now until I run into another issue. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para-CAD Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Is the XML option better than CSV for exporting to Excel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 On 9/7/2022 at 4:02 AM, M-Reed said: In past versions, it was the only way to get a true WYSIWYG. I was able to completely control the content that came into Excel. Its a little different now. Expand Both now and in previous versions, would could also simple copy and paste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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