# Easy Chart exportExcel rename headers?

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**Created:** [December 16, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-exportexcel-rename-headers/83223 "2023-12-16T08:46:36Z")\
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Rather than use exportExcel directly, you will need to use exportDatasets from [Vision - Easy Chart Scripting Functions - Ignition User Manual 8.1 - Ignition Documentation](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Vision+-+Easy+Chart+Scripting+Functions).

Once you have your dataset(s) then using this example to update the column headers: [Rename the column of a dataset - #2 by lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rename-the-column-of-a-dataset/56043/2)

Then you can use [system.dataset.exportExcel - Ignition User Manual 8.1 - Ignition Documentation](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.dataset.exportExcel) to export the data to excel.

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