[Record List] Export to Excel with rich text icon captions

RE: [Record List] Export to Excel with rich text icon captions

martine osley — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 12:53:27 GMT

we are on 22.1 and the value you put in the altText field is exported to the xls

RE: [Record List] Export to Excel with rich text icon captions

Fneup — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 06:09:08 GMT

Hello Brandon,

I did open a case and the answer was "Excel only supports one text style per cell. Therefore, styled text will only be exported accordingly if there is one styled text per cell. Cells with multiple styled text will export as unstyled text. In this case this field is an icon within a rich text display field, therefore has two styles to the cell."

I do understand that, as for today:

- it is not possible to use style icons in a record list AND to get their caption in the excel export.

- the only way to do so would be to use an image component and therefore it's not possible with a styled icon.

RE: [Record List] Export to Excel with rich text icon captions

Peter Lewis — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:42:33 GMT

Is it possible that you have multiple rich text components within a single rich text display field? I believe you need a single rich text item / rich text icon in order for it to export correctly

RE: [Record List] Export to Excel with rich text icon captions

Brandon Frulla — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:45:18 GMT

Hey there Fneup, was this case ever resolved by the Appian team? I have run into a similar issue in my work as well.

RE: [Record List] Export to Excel with rich text icon captions

Fneup — Wed, 29 May 2019 07:38:00 GMT

Thank you Robert and Mike. I'll proceed with a case and come back to this post to give you the answer.

RE: [Record List] Export to Excel with rich text icon captions

Robert Shankin — Tue, 21 May 2019 19:15:22 GMT

Fneup

This is a good observation -
I'd recommend you open a case with Appian support to report this and learn whether or not this is expected behavior.

RE: [Record List] Export to Excel with rich text icon captions

Mike Schmitt — Tue, 21 May 2019 18:54:50 GMT

This seems like a potential oversight. It might be more complicated dealing with rich text, since in a single rich text cell there could potentially be many segments including different icons with their own captions... but it does seem like something should be exported. Hopefully someone from Appian engineering will see this and put it in their backlog if it isn't already.