# Object has no attribute 'exportCSV'

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/object-has-no-attribute-exportcsv/20922>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 17, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/object-has-no-attribute-exportcsv/20922 "2018-11-17T12:17:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tamerplc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tamerplc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tamerplc)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/object-has-no-attribute-exportcsv/20922/1 "2018-11-17T12:17:00Z")

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I have a button with actionPerformed script to export table data to CSV file

```auto
table = event.source.parent.getComponent('Table').data.exportCSV("data.csv", 1)

```

i got below error

```auto
AttributeError: 'com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.bin' object has no attribute 'exportCSV'

```

what’s my mistake .  
Thanks,

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**Author:** ![schenk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@schenk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/schenk)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/object-has-no-attribute-exportcsv/20922/2 "2018-11-17T15:23:03Z")

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The BasicDataset class doesn’t have an ‘exportCSV’ method. Try this instead.

```auto
data = event.source.parent.getComponent('Table').data
system.dataset.exportCSV("data.csv", 1, data)

```

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**Author:** ![tamerplc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tamerplc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tamerplc)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/object-has-no-attribute-exportcsv/20922/3 "2018-11-17T16:31:11Z")

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Thanks a lot Schenk .  
Working fine as per your advise:slight\_smile: