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Save Records As Excel

Saves records to a specified Excel worksheet.

See also 

Options 

With dialog specifies whether the Excel Options dialog box will display when the script step is performed, if you have already specified a file. If you have not specified a file, the Save Records as Excel dialog box will display as the script step is performed, but the Excel Options dialog box will not display.

Specify output file specifies the file path. Choose the folder you want to export to, or type the file path directly into the list. Specify one path per line. FileMaker Pro Advanced uses the first path it locates. See Creating file paths.

You can select:

Automatically open file to have the output file open with the default application

Create email with file as attachment to display a new email message in the user’s default email application, with the output file attached

If FileMaker Pro Advanced runs a script that does not specify an absolute path, and the database file containing the script is hosted, the path is assumed to be the current user’s Documents folder.

Specify options displays the "Save Records as Excel" Options dialog box. From the Save list, choose Records being browsed or Current record. Specify whether the values in the first row should be used as field names or as data. For Worksheet, Title, Subject, and Author, you can enter text directly, or click Specify to enter a field name or values from a calculation.

Create directories specifies whether to create new directories that you specify in the output file path.

Compatibility 

 

Product 

Supported 

FileMaker Pro Advanced 

Yes 

FileMaker Go 

No 

FileMaker WebDirect 

No 

FileMaker Server 

No 

FileMaker Cloud 

No 

FileMaker Data API 

No 

Custom Web Publishing 

No 

Runtime solution 

Yes 

Originated in 

FileMaker Pro 8.0

Description 

This script step operates in all modes except Find mode.

Notes 

To save records as a Microsoft Excel worksheet, your privilege set must include Allow exporting or you must set the script to run with full access privileges.

Example 1 

Finds and sorts records, then saves the found set as an Excel file without prompting the user.

Go to Layout ["Invoices"]
Perform Find [Restore]
Sort Records [Restore; With dialog: Off]
Save Records as Excel [With dialog: Off; "Unpaid Invoice List.xlsx"; Records being browsed ; Create directories: Off]

Related topics 

Export Records script step

Import Records script step

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