# Custom Excel Export

**URL:** https://community.stadium.software/community/t/custom-excel-export/117
**Category:** How To
**Created:** [July 30, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.stadium.software/community/t/custom-excel-export/117 "2021-07-30T13:24:31Z")
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### Author: ![franz](https://community.stadium.software/community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@franz](https://community.stadium.software/community/u/franz)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.stadium.software/community/t/custom-excel-export/117/1 "2021-07-30T13:24:32Z")

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If you want to allow users to download data in Excel without showing the data in a DataGrid, you can follow the steps below. The CSS hides a DataGrid while continuing to show its’ export icon.

1. Create a datagrid that contains the data you want to export to Excel
2. Switch on “Allow Export” in the DG properties
3. Add a class to identify the DataGrid to the classes in the DG properties (I added ‘_exportdatagrid_’ in my example)
4. Paste the CSS below into the StyleSheet of your application (if you don’t have a stylesheet in your Application Explorer you can enable it in the Application properties)

**.exportdatagrid .data-grid-header .data-grid-search-container,**  
**.exportdatagrid .data-grid-header .data-grid-quick-help-divider,**  
**.exportdatagrid table {**  
**display:none;**  
**}**