Save in EJ2 JavaScript Spreadsheet control

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The Spreadsheet control saves its data, style, format, and more as Excel file document. To enable this feature, set allowSave to true and assign service url to the saveUrl property.

The following list of Excel file formats are supported in Spreadsheet:

  • MS Excel (.xlsx)
  • MS Excel 97-2003 (.xls)
  • Comma Separated Values (.csv)

User Interface

In user interface, you can save Spreadsheet data as Excel document by clicking File > Save As menu item in ribbon.

The following code example shows Save option in the Spreadsheet control.

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
        <title>EJ2 SpreadSheet</title>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
        <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
        <link rel="shortcut icon" href="resources/favicon.ico">
        <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-spreadsheet/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
        
        <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/core-js/2.4.1/shim.min.js"></script>
        <script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
       <!--Element which is going to render-->
       
       <button id="element">Save</button>
       <div id="container">
       <div id="spreadsheet"></div>
       </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

  • Use Ctrl + S keyboard shortcut to save the Spreadsheet data as Excel file.
  • The default value of allowSave property is true. For demonstration purpose, we have showcased the allowSave property in previous code snippet.