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ARNOLDO RODRIGO VIDAL BRAVO

14 Aug 2026 14 Aug '26

8:32 a.m.

hi, we have deployed observium v25.10.14367 on over any table is possible enable a button to export xls or pdf (like data tables)?on results of find devices... how we can show a column like "purpose"?

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Adam Armstrong

14 Aug 14 Aug

9:06 a.m.

It might be easier for you to do this via SQL, something like dbeaver will give you the results from an arbitrary query.

I’ll see about adding export, but we don’t usually do it because it can get quite messy to handle across different tables and views.

Adam.

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hi, we have deployed observium v25.10.14367 on over any table is possible enable a button to export xls or pdf (like data tables)?on results of find devices... how we can show a column like "purpose"? -- Saluda cordialmente

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Tony Guadagno

17 Aug 17 Aug

1:04 p.m.

I would love to upvote this feature, I would like to see this as well.

Tony

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It might be easier for you to do this via SQL, something like dbeaver will give you the results from an arbitrary query.

I’ll see about adding export, but we don’t usually do it because it can get quite messy to handle across different tables and views.

Adam.

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On 14 Aug 2026, at 14:37, ARNOLDO RODRIGO VIDAL BRAVO via observium <observium@lists.observium.orgmailto:observium@lists.observium.org> wrote: hi, we have deployed observium v25.10.14367 on over any table is possible enable a button to export xls or pdf (like data tables)?on results of find devices... how we can show a column like "purpose"? --

Saluda cordialmente

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Jim DeVico

2:12 p.m.

Count my vote in as well

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I would love to upvote this feature, I would like to see this as well. Tony ------------------- It might be easier for you to do this via SQL, something like dbeaver will give you the results from an arbitrary query. I’ll see about adding export, ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart This Message Is From an External Sender This message came from outside your organization. ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd I would love to upvote this feature, I would like to see this as well.

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It might be easier for you to do this via SQL, something like dbeaver will give you the results from an arbitrary query.

I’ll see about adding export, but we don’t usually do it because it can get quite messy to handle across different tables and views.

Adam.

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Saluda cordialmente

Adam Armstrong

30 Aug 30 Aug

1:49 p.m.

You think you want this feature, but you probably don't. it'd be a worthless SQL table dump inside a PDF that would enver copy/paste right because PDF is a fundamentally broken format.

XLS would be marginally better, but what's the point? just use a generic sql export tool to get a CSV.

If we built this it would be a gargantuan amount of code to support all of the various tables and views, 3 people would use it per year, and it'd rot to death before anyone reported any bugs.

I see these sorts of features as the ones that makes software look broken, because they rarely work how people expect them to, and are used so little that no one reports bugs with them.

adam.

Jim DeVico via observium wrote on 2026-08-17 8:12 PM:

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Count my vote in as well

*Jim DeVico*

/Supervisor of Information and Electronics Technologies/

Ronetco Supermarkets, Inc.

1070 US Hwy 46, Suite 17

Ledgewood NJ 07852

973-927-8300 x353

973-927-4953 (F)

973-886-1268 (C)

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I would love to upvote this feature, I would like to see this as well. Tony ------------------- It might be easier for you to do this via SQL, something like dbeaver will give you the results from an arbitrary query. I’ll see about adding export,

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I would love to upvote this feature, I would like to see this as well.

Tony

It might be easier for you to do this via SQL, something like dbeaver will give you the results from an arbitrary query.

I’ll see about adding export, but we don’t usually do it because it can get quite messy to handle across different tables and views.

Adam.

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hi, we have deployed observium v25.10.14367
on over any table is possible enable a button to export xls or pdf
(like data tables)?on results of find devices... how  we can show
a column like "purpose"?

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Tony Guadagno

31 Aug 31 Aug

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The way I envision it, any screen with a list of data, there would be an export button that would give you that same data in csv format….i think that would be helpful.

Tony

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You think you want this feature, but you probably don't. it'd be a worthless SQL table dump inside a PDF that would enver copy/paste right because PDF is a fundamentally broken format.

XLS would be marginally better, but what's the point? just use a generic sql export tool to get a CSV.

If we built this it would be a gargantuan amount of code to support all of the various tables and views, 3 people would use it per year, and it'd rot to death before anyone reported any bugs.

I see these sorts of features as the ones that makes software look broken, because they rarely work how people expect them to, and are used so little that no one reports bugs with them.

adam.

Jim DeVico via observium wrote on 2026-08-17 8:12 PM:

Count my vote in as well

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It might be easier for you to do this via SQL, something like dbeaver will give you the results from an arbitrary query.

I’ll see about adding export, but we don’t usually do it because it can get quite messy to handle across different tables and views.

Adam.

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Saluda cordialmente

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David Beveridge

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Command line is your friend. mysql observium -NBe "SELECT * FROM devices" > /tmp/devices.tab IF you only want certain columns you can specify each one you want instead of * -N NO column headings, so if you want headings don't put that. -B Batch Mode, causes it to output in a TAB delimited which will load into Excel nicely -e is the command You may also need. -uusername -ppassword There is also an API for accessing data externally e.g. https://docs.observium.org/api/#fetching-devices

dave

On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 9:42 PM Tony Guadagno via observium < observium@lists.observium.org> wrote:

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The way I envision it, any screen with a list of data, there would be an export button that would give you that same data in csv format….i think that would be helpful.

Tony

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You think you want this feature, but you probably don't. it'd be a worthless SQL table dump inside a PDF that would enver copy/paste right because PDF is a fundamentally broken format.

XLS would be marginally better, but what's the point? just use a generic sql export tool to get a CSV.

If we built this it would be a gargantuan amount of code to support all of the various tables and views, 3 people would use it per year, and it'd rot to death before anyone reported any bugs.

I see these sorts of features as the ones that makes software look broken, because they rarely work how people expect them to, and are used so little that no one reports bugs with them.

adam.

Jim DeVico via observium wrote on 2026-08-17 8:12 PM:

Count my vote in as well

https://www.google.com/maps/search/1070+US+Hwy+46,+Suite+17+%0D%0A+Ledgewood+NJ+07852?entry=gmail&source=g

*Jim DeVico*

*Supervisor of Information and Electronics Technologies*

Ronetco Supermarkets, Inc.

1070 US Hwy 46, Suite 17 https://www.google.com/maps/search/1070+US+Hwy+46,+Suite+17+%0D%0A+Ledgewood+NJ+07852?entry=gmail&source=g

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I would love to upvote this feature, I would like to see this as well. Tony ------------------- It might be easier for you to do this via SQL, something like dbeaver will give you the results from an arbitrary query. I’ll see about adding export,

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I would love to upvote this feature, I would like to see this as well.

Tony

It might be easier for you to do this via SQL, something like dbeaver will give you the results from an arbitrary query.

I’ll see about adding export, but we don’t usually do it because it can get quite messy to handle across different tables and views.

Adam.

Sent from my iPhone

On 14 Aug 2026, at 14:37, ARNOLDO RODRIGO VIDAL BRAVO via observium < observium@lists.observium.org> wrote:

hi, we have deployed observium v25.10.14367 on over any table is possible enable a button to export xls or pdf (like data tables)?on results of find devices... how we can show a column like "purpose"?

--

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Tony Guadagno

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Yes this is what I do now but it's not easier. What would be easy is a button in the GUI

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dave

On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 9:42 PM Tony Guadagno via observium <observium@lists.observium.orgmailto:observium@lists.observium.org> wrote:

The way I envision it, any screen with a list of data, there would be an export button that would give you that same data in csv format….i think that would be helpful.

Tony

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You think you want this feature, but you probably don't. it'd be a worthless SQL table dump inside a PDF that would enver copy/paste right because PDF is a fundamentally broken format.

XLS would be marginally better, but what's the point? just use a generic sql export tool to get a CSV.

If we built this it would be a gargantuan amount of code to support all of the various tables and views, 3 people would use it per year, and it'd rot to death before anyone reported any bugs.

I see these sorts of features as the ones that makes software look broken, because they rarely work how people expect them to, and are used so little that no one reports bugs with them.

adam.

Jim DeVico via observium wrote on 2026-08-17 8:12 PM:

Count my vote in as well

https://www.google.com/maps/search/1070+US+Hwy+46,+Suite+17+%0D%0A+Ledgewood+NJ+07852?entry=gmail&source=g

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Jim DeVico

Supervisor of Information and Electronics Technologies

Ronetco Supermarkets, Inc.

1070 US Hwy 46, Suite 17https://www.google.com/maps/search/1070+US+Hwy+46,+Suite+17+%0D%0A+Ledgewood+NJ+07852?entry=gmail&source=g

Ledgewood NJhttps://www.google.com/maps/search/1070+US+Hwy+46,+Suite+17+%0D%0A+Ledgewood+NJ+07852?entry=gmail&source=g 07852https://www.google.com/maps/search/1070+US+Hwy+46,+Suite+17+%0D%0A+Ledgewood+NJ+07852?entry=gmail&source=g

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I would love to upvote this feature, I would like to see this as well.

Tony

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It might be easier for you to do this via SQL, something like dbeaver will give you the results from an arbitrary query.

I’ll see about adding export, but we don’t usually do it because it can get quite messy to handle across different tables and views.

Adam.

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