As we add more options to item search the output gets more crowded. Adding column configuration would let the library choose to hide some of the columns in item search results. Question: Should this make the "Export results to CSV" option obsolete? The "Export results to CSV" button automatically exports all results. The DataTables export button exports only visible results.
I think exporting all results on demand is nice and removing it without replacement might be seen as a regression :( If we can't achieve this with the datatables, maybe we should relabel the current option and still offer it?
This has proved to be more difficult than I anticipated. The item search results table has column filters in the header, added via the jquery.dataTables.columnFilter.js plugin. As far as I can tell this plugin uses the index of the column to define the scope of the search. It looks like hiding columns changes the structure of the table in a way that the plugin can't keep track of which column is which. I don't know where this plugin came from... I've found older versions online, and slighly newer forks, but nothing up to date with the latest DataTables. I haven't dug into the plugin's code, so I don't know how difficult it would be to address the column index problem.
(In reply to Owen Leonard from comment #0) > Question: Should this make the "Export results to CSV" option obsolete? The > "Export results to CSV" button automatically exports all results. The > DataTables export button exports only visible results. A lot of our librarians use this to manage the collections. Showing all results before exporting may take a long time and end in timeout.
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(In reply to Owen Leonard from comment #0) > Question: Should this make the "Export results to CSV" option obsolete? The > "Export results to CSV" button automatically exports all results. The > DataTables export button exports only visible results. Maybe keep it but rename to "Export all results to CSV"?
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Bug with a patch wins :) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 37238 ***