# Easy Trend download data rightclick context menu

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-trend-download-data-rightclick-context-menu/3232>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 29, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-trend-download-data-rightclick-context-menu/3232 "2011-08-29T18:32:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![AlexW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@AlexW](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlexW)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-trend-download-data-rightclick-context-menu/3232/1 "2011-08-29T18:32:56Z")

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Often on our RSView screens, we might see an interesting event and save the information to CSV format. The ignition trend allows the option of downloading as a png file but not a db file such as csv or xls. The csv option is much more useful for engineering purposes as you have the value as well as the timestamp and can easily correlate this with information captured in other areas of the plant (e.g. electrical disturbance).

This feature request is for the addition of a right click, download as csv option to the easy trend control. (applies to time series plots the most I imagine)

Cheers!

AlexW

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-trend-download-data-rightclick-context-menu/3232/2 "2011-08-30T09:56:12Z")

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Hi Alex,

The EasyChart’s “Save” utility button will save data as an xls file-- (Well, stricly speaking it’s an xml file, but Excel will open it…)

Didn’t know if you had seen it or not.

Regards,  
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**Author:** ![AlexW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@AlexW](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlexW)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-trend-download-data-rightclick-context-menu/3232/3 "2011-09-01T00:34:31Z")

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Hi Jordan,

Thanks! had not seen this.

Cheers

Alex

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-trend-download-data-rightclick-context-menu/3232/4 "2011-09-01T03:40:58Z")

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Although an “Export Data” type of thing in a context menu wouldn’t be a bad thing…