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title: Coveo Export To Excel
slug: '3057'
canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/3057/
collection: coveo-for-sitecore-v5
source_format: adoc
---
# Coveo Export To Excel
> **Legacy feature**
>
> The Coveo Hive Framework is now in maintenance mode and is no longer recommended for new implementations.
> 
> To build new search experiences, use one of Coveo's more modern, lightweight, and responsive libraries.
> To get started, see the [Build search](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2473/) article.

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![Export Menu Option | Coveo for Sitecore 5](c4sc-v5/export-menu-option.png)
Implements the [Coveo JavaScript Search Framework](https://docs.coveo.com/en/187/) [ExportToExcel](https://coveo.github.io/search-ui/components/exporttoexcel.html) component which renders an **Export to Excel** item in the [Settings popup menu](https://coveo.github.io/search-ui/components/settings.html).

The **Export to Excel** option allows website visitors to export their current search results to the Microsoft Excel™ format (.xlsx).
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## Insertion location


<div>
<h3>Coveo Hive</h3>
  <p>The <strong>Coveo Export To Excel</strong> rendering is an Allowed Control in the following placeholder(s): <code class="highlighter-rouge">Searchbox Options</code></p>
  <video width="690" height="335" controls="">
  <source src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/images/c4sc-v5/export-to-excel-hive.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
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</video>
  <div class="figure-caption">Example insertion sequence for the <strong>Coveo Export To Excel</strong> rendering.
  </div>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Coveo Hive SXA</h3>
  <p>Coveo for Sitecore SXA rendering insertion locations aren't limited by placeholder Allowed Controls. The <strong>Coveo Export To Excel</strong> rendering may therefore be inserted throughout the partial design, whether in Coveo for Sitecore or Sitecore placeholders.</p>
  <p>To ease rendering management, group <strong>Coveo Advanced Search</strong>, <strong>Coveo Export To Excel</strong>, <strong>Coveo Preferences Panel</strong> and <strong>Coveo Share Query</strong> renderings together near your <strong>Coveo Settings Button</strong> rendering.</p>
  <video width="690" height="335" controls="">
  <source src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/images/c4sc-v5/export-to-excel-sxa.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
  Your browser doesn't support the video tag.
</video>
  <div class="figure-caption">Example insertion sequence for the <strong>Coveo Export To Excel</strong> rendering.
  </div>
</div>

## Data source options

The following table lists the available data source options for this rendering.

[%header,cols="33%,66%"]
|===
|Option name
|Description

|Number of results
|See the [numberOfResults](https://coveo.github.io/search-ui/components/exporttoexcel.html#options.numberofresults) component option.

|Additional data attributes
a|{empty}
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Allows [use of the Coveo JavaScript Search Framework **ExportToExcel** component options](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2776/) that aren't directly available in the data source.
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|===

## Sample Generated HTML and Corresponding Output

In this example, a user performs a search query in a lake cottage reservation website.

**Generated HTML**:

```html
<div class="CoveoExportToExcel" data-number-of-results="4">
</div>
```

When a website visitor selects the **Export To Excel** option in the Settings popup menu, a Microsoft Excel™ file with the search result information is downloaded.

![Export to Excel Sample | Coveo for Sitecore 5](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/excel-export-sample.png)