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Export Data Control - under customized Collection Name and at dedicated Location (not default Downloads Folder)

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Posted on 10 Oct 2019 14:48:59 by Bogdan

Hello Dear Community
i got into some kind of blockage regarding reusing Data Collections.

I got an App that needs to store some data, because it will be used/opened multiple times before the final result.
So that being said, I need to store the data temporarly, so that another Employee (NOT at the same location - would this be the case I would have used Save & Load to local Cache) can use it for further processing.

I have tried Export Data Control which is ok, BUT:
1. It dowloads the collection under the collection name - Can a collection be saved under a customized name like User().Fullname&"_"Today() ? I fear not, but I am asking 🙂
2. Can the Package be saved at another location, other than Downloads Folder ? Azure BLOB Storage would be fine, or some other Shared Network Drive.

I would be happy if there are some positive answers 🙂
Best Regards & Thank you in advance!
Bogdan

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Bogdan 36 on 11 Oct 2019 at 08:58:17

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Re: Export Data Control - under customized Collection Name and at dedicated Location (not default Downloads Folder)

hello,

thanks for the clarifications! Thought so 🙂
It would have been too beautiful & easy if it had worked the way I need it.

Regards !
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v-yutliu-msft on 11 Oct 2019 at 07:19:31

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Re: Export Data Control - under customized Collection Name and at dedicated Location (not default Downloads Folder)

Hi @Bogdan ,

Q1:

I'm afraid it's not supported. All the name that you can customize, you need to fill in spefic data, not variable.

Firstly, the collection you could name it based on your demands before you export it.

Whan you import it , the collection name will be retained.

However, the collection name should be a constant value without any variable when you use this function: Collect(collectionname,...).

So these two formula will not work:

Collect(User().Fullname.,...).

Collect(Today(),....).

Secondly, you could customize the zip file's name based on your demands when you export the data.

However, you need to fill in specific contents without variable too.

Thirdly, the files' name in the zip file will be automatically generated by system. It's not supported to change it.

Q2:

Of course yes. You could choose anywhere you like to save the zip file.

After you click the export button, you could choose the place to save in the pop window.

Best regards,