Jquery - DataTables [tableTools]: export only visible rows

Question

I just started out using jQuery DataTables.

using the tableTools of DataTables, is it possible to only export visible rows instead of all the rows? If for example the pa

Answer 1

If you are using flash to export, need to mention swf path to work.

$("#example").dataTable( {
    "sDom": 'T<"clear">lfrtip',
    "oTableTools": {
        "sSwfPath": "Path to your copy_csv_xls_pdf.swf files comes with TableTools",
        "aButtons": [
            {
                "sExtends": "copy",
                "sButtonText": "Copy to clipboard",
                "oSelectorOpts": { filter: "applied", order: "current" }
            },
            {
                "sExtends": "csv",
                "sButtonText": "Export to CSV",
                "oSelectorOpts": { filter: "applied", order: "current" }
            },
            {
                "sExtends": "print",
                "sButtonText": "Print",
                "oSelectorOpts": { filter: "applied", order: "current" }
            }
        ]
    }
} );

There are few additional options also available to aButtons object.

"mColumns": [1, 2,...] - List of columns to include in export result

"sTitle": "filename" - desire filename for export file

------------------Update---------------------------

In the newer version of datatable - datatableTools is retired

Please use buttons extension

buttons: [
        {
            extend: 'copyHtml5',
            exportOptions: {
                columns: [ 0, ':visible' ]
            }
        },
        {
            extend: 'excelHtml5',
            exportOptions: {
                columns: ':visible'
            }
        },
        {
            extend: 'pdfHtml5',
            exportOptions: {
                columns: [ 0, 1, 2, 5 ]
            }
        },
    ]