I want to be able to export to Excel

[TuringLovesDeathMetal]

Description

I want to be able to export my data to Excel.

Acceptance criteria

• [ ] I'm given the option to export to Excel in teh export list (i.e. .xlsx file type)

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[etadelta222]

+1 on this @TuringLovesDeathMetal . As a looker replacement platform, it'd be great if Lighdash supported this feature. Superset has added this recently as well.

[12ian34]

Hey @etadelta222 I'm curious about the typical use cases you have for exporting to Excel? What do you usually need to do in Excel with exported data from your BI tool?

[etadelta222]

Hi @12ian34 , thanks for asking the question. So it's more so for our external customers who don't have direct access to our BI tools. Some are old school and prefer excel files attached to email. We currently use Looker to do this and our internal teams who support these external users have the ability to schedule emails without help from engineering or creating tickets. In order to migrate the internal teams to Lighdash, this feature would be very helpful.

[etadelta222]

Adding additional requirement here: Ability to export as excel when scheduling the report to me emailed. Excel as an option besides .csv and image under Format. (Not sure if that's a separate issue from this?)