We're Moving to a New Support Platform – Starting June 1st!

We’re excited to let you know that starting June 1st, we’ll be transitioning to a new support system that will be available directly on our product websites – Amelia, wpDataTables, and Report Builder. In fact, the new support platform is already live for Amelia and wpDataTables, and we encourage you to reach out to us there.

You'll always be able to reach us through a widget in the bottom right corner of each website, where you can ask questions, report issues, or simply get assistance.

While we still do not offer live support, a new advanced, AI-powered assistant, trained on our documentation, use cases, and real conversations with our team, is there to help with basic to intermediate questions in no time.

We're doing our best to make this transition smooth and hassle-free. After June 1st, this current support website will redirect you to the new "Contact Us" pages on our product sites.

Thanks for your continued support and trust – we’re excited to bring you an even better support experience!

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  Public Ticket #3606493
PDF Export Options, Design, etc?
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  • Frank started the conversation
    March 14, 2024 at 2:13pm

    Does wpDataTables integrate with any PDF export plugins to allow export of tables in a custom design, such as on a styled page with font, logos, etc?

    We use wpDataTables internally and want to use it on our public site to allow customers to download dynamic channel cards.

    It looks like there are other plugin options we can use to do something similar, but we'd prefer not to use something else unless necessary.

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    Miloš replied
    March 15, 2024 at 10:39am

    Hi Frank,

    Regarding the export question :

    The table tools functionalities are based on a 3rd party HTML5 library and they are not customizable. Unfortunately, the library allows very little “fine-tuning” of the generated files, so font, size, and other properties cannot be changed.

    There are some limitations in this library we will emphasize for your awareness:

    • For tables with server-side processing, only the visible rows will be exported to any format. If you want the entire table to be exported (or copied to a clipboard), you need to choose the “Show All” feature in the “show … entries” block, and then do the export:6992668217.png
    • Generated PDF, XLS, CSV are not customizable.
      Unfortunately, the library allows very little “fine-tuning” of the generated files, so font, size, and other properties cannot be changed (but the title can).


    • Conditional formatting is not reflected in any of generated export files.
    • Other front-end extensions cannot be combined with Table Tools. If you have row grouping enabled for the table, or there are some customizations you did yourself, they won’t be reflected in the generated Excel, CSV or PDF document, nor in the clipboard.
    • When you export tables with the wpDataTables plugin, please note that you can export values, but not formulas. WpDataTables doesn’t support exporting formulas, so a Formula column will be exported only with values; and any calculations of Average, MIN, MAX, and Total will not be exported at all.
    • Exporting images is not possible at the moment, but you are able to export them as HTML with the new “Include HTML” option.
    • You can’t export columns that are hidden – they will not be visible in any exporting or printing tool.
    • Export numbers with comma as decimal separators have issues in the Excel report. Please use the CSV export button or change column type to string for these columns.

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    If you wish to try better PDF Export functionalities with our Tables, our advice would be to acquire something similar to the WP Advanced PDF plugin, which offers a lot more options when creating PDF files from our tables, along with other content on your website.

    I hope that helps.

    Kind Regards, 

    Miloš Jovanović
    [email protected]

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