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"Export to Spreadsheet" option in SharePoint list web part does not export all the columns

We all knew that the SharePoint list can be embedded in a web part page using the list web part. The list web part provides us with various properties which can be customized as per the requirement. One such property is the "Toolbar" . If "Show Toolbar" option is set, we would be provided with 3 tabs namely "New", "Actions" and "Settings". 

The list data can be exported to an excel using the "Export to Spreadsheet"  option found under the "Actions" tabs. 

Now here is the issue, suppose we have 10 columns in the list and we would like to show only 5 columns in the page, we would create a view in such a way that the page shows only the 5 columns.  If the data is exported from this page using the "Export to Spreadsheet" option, all the columns would definitely get exported, but the values would be exported only for those 5 columns which are shown on the page. This is because, the "Export to Spreadsheet" is taking only the display fields in the view instead of taking all the columns in the list.

User does not want to use the default list page where we have the "Export to Excel" option in the SharePoint Ribbon section. 

So what do we do? 

It's simple :) Place a custom "Export to excel" button on the page where the list view web part has been added. This would export all the data irrespective of the fields displayed in the view.

Please add the below html snippet to a content editor web part to create the "Export to excel" button on the page.

<button type="button" <a href"#" onclick="javascript:window.location='SITEURL/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?CS=109&Using=_layouts/query.iqy&List={YOUR LIST ID}&View={YOUR VIEW ID}&CacheControl=1'">Export to Excel</a></button>

Please note that the LIST ID and VIEW ID are decoded ids. You may decode the IDs from here : https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder/


How to get the LIST and VIEW ID?? 

Please go to the list settings page and copy the URL,  you would get the LIST ID where the url would be like http://sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/listedit.aspx?List=LISTID.
Similarly, please click on the Views to get the VIEW ID.

Now the "Export to Excel" would work like a charm! 

Happy SharePointing!!! 





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