How to: Export the Pivot Grid's Data to a File

Dec 17, 2020
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This example shows how to export the pivot grid’s data using the Data-Aware or WYSIWYG types and set the export options.

Click the Export to XLSX button to export data using the Data-Aware type. In the exported XLSX file, fixed row headers are disabled and a sheet name is set to “Pivot Grid Export”.
Click the Export to PDF button to export data using the WYSIWYG type. The Print dialog is displayed when the exported PDF file is opened.

ex_PivotGridExport

View Example

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" 
    Inherits="ASPPivotGridExport.WebForm1" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="DevExpress.Web.ASPxPivotGrid.v15.1, 
    Version=15.1.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a"
    Namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxPivotGrid" TagPrefix="dx" %>

<%@ Register 
    assembly="DevExpress.Web.v15.1, Version=15.1.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" 
    namespace="DevExpress.Data.Linq" tagprefix="dx" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Pivot Grid Export</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <div style="padding-bottom: 5px">
            <dx:ASPxButton ID="DataAwareExportButton" runat="server" 
                Text="Export to XLSX" onclick="DataAwareExportButton_Click" ToolTip="Export using the Data-Aware type."/> 
            <dx:ASPxButton ID="WysiwygExportButton" runat="server" Text="Export to PDF" 
                onclick="WysiwygExportButton_Click" ToolTip="Export using the WYSIWYG type." /> 
        </div>
        <dx:ASPxPivotGrid ID="ASPxPivotGrid1" runat="server" ClientIDMode="AutoID" 
            DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
            <Fields>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldCountry" Area="ColumnArea" AreaIndex="0" 
                    FieldName="Country">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldCategoryName" Area="RowArea" AreaIndex="0" 
                    Caption="Category" FieldName="CategoryName">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldProductName" Area="RowArea" AreaIndex="1" 
                    Caption="Product" FieldName="ProductName">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldExtendedPrice" Area="DataArea" AreaIndex="0" 
                    Caption="Extended Price" FieldName="Extended_Price">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldSalesPerson" Area="ColumnArea" AreaIndex="1" 
                    Caption="Sales Person" FieldName="Sales_Person">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldQuantity" Area="DataArea" AreaIndex="1" 
                    FieldName="Quantity">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
            </Fields>
        </dx:ASPxPivotGrid>
            <dx:ASPxPivotGridExporter ID="ASPxPivotGridExporter1" runat="server">
            </dx:ASPxPivotGridExporter>
        <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" 
            ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>" 
            SelectCommand="SELECT [Country], [CategoryName], [ProductName], 
            [Extended Price] AS Extended_Price, [Sales Person] AS Sales_Person, 
            [Quantity] FROM [SalesPerson]">
        </asp:SqlDataSource>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

using System;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using DevExpress.Utils;

namespace ASPPivotGridExport
{
    public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }

        protected void DataAwareExportButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Exports using the Data-Aware type.
            ASPxPivotGridExporter1.ExportXlsxToResponse("ASPxPivotGrid", new XlsxExportOptionsEx
            {
                AllowFixedColumns = DefaultBoolean.False,
                SheetName = "Pivot Grid Export"
            }, 
            true);
        }

        protected void WysiwygExportButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Exports using the WYSIWYG type.
            ASPxPivotGridExporter1.ExportPdfToResponse("ASPxPivotGrid", new PdfExportOptions() 
            {
                ShowPrintDialogOnOpen = true,
            }, true);
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.Utils

Namespace ASPPivotGridExport
    Partial Public Class WebForm1
        Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

        Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

        End Sub

        Protected Sub DataAwareExportButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            ' Exports using the Data-Aware type.
            ASPxPivotGridExporter1.ExportXlsxToResponse("ASPxPivotGrid", New XlsxExportOptionsEx With 
            {.AllowFixedColumns = DefaultBoolean.False, .SheetName = "Pivot Grid Export"}, True)
        End Sub

        Protected Sub WysiwygExportButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            ' Exports using the WYSIWYG type.
            ASPxPivotGridExporter1.ExportPdfToResponse("ASPxPivotGrid", New PdfExportOptions() With 
            {.ShowPrintDialogOnOpen = True}, True)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.vb" 
    Inherits="ASPPivotGridExport.WebForm1" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="DevExpress.Web.ASPxPivotGrid.v15.1, 
    Version=15.1.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a"
    Namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxPivotGrid" TagPrefix="dx" %>

<%@ Register 
    assembly="DevExpress.Web.v15.1, Version=15.1.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" 
    namespace="DevExpress.Data.Linq" tagprefix="dx" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Pivot Grid Export</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <div style="padding-bottom: 5px">
            <dx:ASPxButton ID="DataAwareExportButton" runat="server" 
                Text="Export to XLSX" onclick="DataAwareExportButton_Click" ToolTip="Export using the Data-Aware type."/> 
            <dx:ASPxButton ID="WysiwygExportButton" runat="server" Text="Export to PDF" 
                onclick="WysiwygExportButton_Click" ToolTip="Export using the WYSIWYG type." /> 
        </div>
        <dx:ASPxPivotGrid ID="ASPxPivotGrid1" runat="server" ClientIDMode="AutoID" 
            DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
            <Fields>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldCountry" Area="ColumnArea" AreaIndex="0" 
                    FieldName="Country">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldCategoryName" Area="RowArea" AreaIndex="0" 
                    Caption="Category" FieldName="CategoryName">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldProductName" Area="RowArea" AreaIndex="1" 
                    Caption="Product" FieldName="ProductName">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldExtendedPrice" Area="DataArea" AreaIndex="0" 
                    Caption="Extended Price" FieldName="Extended_Price">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldSalesPerson" Area="ColumnArea" AreaIndex="1" 
                    Caption="Sales Person" FieldName="Sales_Person">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldQuantity" Area="DataArea" AreaIndex="1" 
                    FieldName="Quantity">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
            </Fields>
        </dx:ASPxPivotGrid>
            <dx:ASPxPivotGridExporter ID="ASPxPivotGridExporter1" runat="server">
            </dx:ASPxPivotGridExporter>
        <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" 
            ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>" 
            SelectCommand="SELECT [Country], [CategoryName], [ProductName], 
            [Extended Price] AS Extended_Price, [Sales Person] AS Sales_Person, 
            [Quantity] FROM [SalesPerson]">
        </asp:SqlDataSource>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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