One of the best Odoo's features is exporting custom data to CSV/XLS. You can do it by clicking on the export link in the sidebar. The export action allows us to configure what to be exported by selecting fields, etc, and allows you to save your export as a template so that you can export it once again without having to configure it again.
That feature is as great and advanced as limited for an everyday experience. A lot of customers want simply to export the tree view they are looking to.
If you miss this feature as us, probably you'll find an answer into our web_export_view module.
auto_awesome What this module does
AI-generated from the code · Odoo 12.0Adds an Excel export button to list views so users can download exactly the columns and rows currently shown on screen, without configuring an export wizard.
This module makes everyday exporting much simpler. When a user opens any list view in Odoo, an extra Excel button appears in the sidebar area next to the view controls.
Clicking that button exports the list as it is displayed: the same visible columns (in the same order) and the same rows. If rows are ticked with the selection checkboxes, only those ticked rows are exported; otherwise the visible rows are used. The file is downloaded as an Excel file named after the model being viewed.
Some formatting details are handled automatically: - Checkbox cells become True or False text. - Many-to-many tag cells are joined into one text value per line. - Numeric cells are converted to real numbers, with thousands separators removed and the decimal separator normalised to a dot. - Technical handle columns and the record-selection column are skipped.
The module also adds a hidden security group called "Disallow Export View Data to Excel". Users placed in that group do not see the export button at all, so administrators can switch the feature off for selected users.
It works on standard list views, including embedded lists inside forms (for example order lines), and relies on the existing web export engine to build the file. No new menus or reports are created; the change is a button added to existing list screens.
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Availability by version
Reviewed: 2026-11-03Confirmation status: 1 confirmed, 8 with no information of 9 versions.
Sources · Odoo 12.0
Confirmed on 2026-11-03 in branch 12.0 of OCA/web.
terminal Installation and usage
OCA documentation · Odoo 12.0Configuration
Source · Odoo 12.0If we wanted to disallow users to use the features provided by this module, we can add them to the group Disallow Export View Data to Excel.
Usage
Source · Odoo 12.0After you installed it, you'll find an additional link 'Export current view' right on the sidebar. By clicking on it you'll get a XLS file contains the same data of the tree view you are looking at, headers included.
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