I want to export a confluence table into excel. I have tried 'Export to CSV' option
Asked by Sandhya Srinivasan:

Export Confluence table that has merged cells into CSV or excel. I have tried the 'Export to CSV' option. That does not help in exporting merged cells.

I cannot buy/add any paid plugins in corporate.

can you help me?

Regards

Sandhya


Answers:
author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi [@Sandhya Srinivasan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4074985),

As usual, we recommend our own app - [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview). But import/export of tables in the CSV format is just one of its capabilities besides filtering, creating pivots, generating charts, performing calculations, etc. So, this add-on is a paid one.

But you can browse the Marketplace for simple free apps related only to export. For example, I've found the [Table Exporter for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1222158/table-exporter-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) that is free and supports Cloud hosting.

And, of course, you can always try copy/paste, but it is not a very convenient workaround for big tables.

comments: author: Sandhya Srinivasan
body: Thank you


author: Stiltsoft support
body: **And an update from our side for other people who may come across this question:** if you prefer an Excel-like style of working, you may [check our spreadsheets' family](https://spreadsheets-for-confluence.stiltsoft.com?utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111) that is also provided by the app.

Seems that you won't need the export function at all. :) But, of course, you'll be able to export your sheets in .csv and .xlxs formats. :)


author: Melody KirkWagner
body: Useless for any cell that contains returns. And as stated, if you're in enterprise, you can't download add-ons


author: Stiltsoft support
body: Hi [@Melody KirkWagner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/277702) ,

The .csv format itself is not supposed to preserve formatting, so your data is staying but new lines in one cell and merged cells are lost.

If to talk about the [Table Spreadsheet](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/tfac/cloud/table-spreadsheet-83100938.html?utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111) macro and its .xlsx export, both new lines and merged cells are preserved.

What concerns the apps in general (not only our add-on), we are aware that users can't download apps themselves. As usual, the process includes managers, Confluence administrators, some test period. Sometimes (more often on Data Center than on Cloud) we are also asked to provide security questionnaires.

So, if you really need smth, you may try to get to your manager (team lead or smth) - 3rd party apps try to cover all the blank places that are currently not covered by Atlassian, they really can make your experience with Atlassian products better.


author: James White
body: I tried all sorts of things but it sucks and doesnot work.


author: Arvind
body: I used the [Table Capture](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/table-capture/iebpjdmgckacbodjpijphcplhebcmeop?hl=en) extension from the Chrome website which works perfectly for my requirement. Hope it helps someone :)

comments: author: Dieter Dumolin
body: Thanks a lot for your hint. Great workaround to stop struggling.


author: Michael Nonweiler
body: I used Export to Word in Confluence, then used copy and paste from Word to Excel. The table contained merged cells and these were exported correctly.

comments: author: Richard Rast
body: This is what worked for me. It's annoying but it does work.


author: Sharon Tan
body: Some users have also had success with the bookmarklet shared at [https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Export-table-in-a-confluence-page-to-excel/qaq-p/290547!](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Export-table-in-a-confluence-page-to-excel/qaq-p/290547!?)

comments: author: Thierry Dalon
body: (Link is broken) <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Export-table-in-a-confluence-page-to-excel/qaq-p/290547>


author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: It's a Community issue - copy the link and paste it directly to the browser address bar.


author: Michael Hoffman
body: Is this still working? I have errors in the console in Chrome / Edge


author: Lloyd Bullard
body: is there a newer version of this? functionality is quite all over the place, it sometimes misses things when there are blank rows and it inserts random symbols everywhere.


author: Brant Schroeder
body: In the past I have just copied and pasted the cells into Excel when I have had issues and this has worked for me. Have you tried that yet?

comments: author: Alex Mitchell
body: Ditto, this works for me too.


author: James White
body: All Atlassian products suck on interconnectivity and flexibility. it sucks to have it in Enterprise world.

Atlassian products work when you are a 2-5 people team above that it is absolute pain to have it in your ecosystem.


author: Melody KirkWagner
body: It pastes, but it creates a bunch of merged cells and scatters the text throughout them. It's a big mess. Both paste and export are useless if you have merged cells or cells with returns. It needs an Atlassian solution, not a third-party one that members of enterprise can't use. It's great to say that you can use tables instead, or even an excel-like experience, but that doesn't solve the width of page problem. Sometimes you just need Excel.


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