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  Public Ticket #3339989
Creating a column for Users to download a tailored file (Lite Version)
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  •   Jay started the conversation
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    Miloš replied

    Hi, Jay.

    Sorry for the delay.

    The only built-in way we have at the moment to export table data is via our Table Tools.

    If you enable the PDF option in Table Tools, then users will be able to export a PDF with all the table rows that are currently loaded in the table.

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    In the Lite version, unfortunately, we do not have any workaround to filter just the rows which a certain user submitted,

    i wrote a workaround which is possible for this only with our premium filtering options,

    which can achieve filtering the table to only load rows for currently logged UserName.

    With the Lite version, though, that is not possible at the moment.

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    2. But to be more precise in responding to your specific use-case,

    even with the Premium plugin it is not possible to make an additional column that can have a button which will load and export only the use'rs rows as PDF.

    At this time, we don't have any built-in solution to achieve this, but you can suggest it to our developers - they will do their best to make a solution in the future.

    Please feel free to search on our suggestions page

     to see if someone may be already suggested this feature. If you can't see it, feel free to add your suggestion there,  and as more people vote, the feature will move higher on the priority list.

    You can certainly follow our changeLog page if you'd like ( it is also available in the plugin dashboard), where we state any changes/new features/bug fixes during updates;

    and our newsletter, so you're informed about new features, bug fixes, freebies, etc.

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    If you have coding skills and wish to try to make a custom solution now,

    you can check out our available hooks for Developers on this documentation and see if you can find any hook that might help.

    Please be advised that custom solutions with hooks are not included in our support.

    You can also research resources such as Stack Overflow to see if any other user perhaps found a workaround.

    ( We do like to give examples for certain solutions, but for this use-case, we, unfortunately, don't have anything yet)


    Kind Regards, 

    Miloš Jovanović
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  • Jay replied

    Hello Milos,
    Thank you for your precise response!

    I just recently upgraded to the premium version and have noticed that I can set a column's content into a "URL Link" through Column Settings > Data > Column type (Refer to attached screenshot)

    Is there any way I can link the column's content to a specific User submissions page?

    This function would be of immense help and I appreciate your time!
    Jay

    Attached files:  Screenshot 2023-04-06 at 3.26.10 PM.png

  • Jay replied

    Hello Milos,

    So far this is my one last step to completing my tables and I'm off to customize my tables' CSS

    Any advice on my previous query?

    Thank you for your kind attention!
    Jay

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    Miloš replied

    Hi, Jay.

    I think i did not fully understand what you described in the previous response.

    Could you elaborate a bit more what would be the desired behaviour/result for linking the column cells for each User's Row to their Submissions page?

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    For example, if you would have a page for each user;

    so each row should have a custom URL ,

    this can only be achieved if you would use SQL Tables,

    with SQL CONCAT, then you can make custom URL cells, that can combine data from multiple columns, and you can add your own custom strings into it, like "part of URL".

    Please check out this Video Tutorial that my senior colleague made , 

    which show an example of how you can use the SQL CONCAT to make custom URL's in our plugin.

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    So for example, if you have a page for each user, like :

    https://yourSiteURL/userPage

    Then you could use SQL CONCAT function to add a custom URL column which will concatenate the beginning of your site URL, and then add the column row from each row of each user.

    But i am not sure if that is exactly what you need.

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    Or if you're going to maybe place a filtered table on one page for all users;

    and then filter this table like for "current user ID", then the table will only show the rows from that user's submissions.

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    Let me know if that helps, or if you need something entirely different, please elaborate a bit more;

    possibly show me any screenshots that might help clarify the use-case,

    or record a Video to show us what is needed.

    If you send any sensitive data, make sure to mark the response as PRIVATE, for safety.

    Thank you.

    Kind Regards, 

    Miloš Jovanović
    [email protected]

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