# Report preview looks OK but CSV file save is rows of "","","",""

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-preview-looks-ok-but-csv-file-save-is-rows-of/108207>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** reporting\
**Created:** [July 7, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-preview-looks-ok-but-csv-file-save-is-rows-of/108207 "2025-07-07T22:07:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-preview-looks-ok-but-csv-file-save-is-rows-of/108207/1 "2025-07-07T22:07:14Z")

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I've done very little report programming so I'm puzzled with this one.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/b/3b22fa4f004c698b29f52c182036826371bc8295.png)

_Figure 1. Data shows up in the Report Designer Preview._

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/8/a87fbdb08d050f748c685845bca906005f397fba.png)

_Figure 2. The schedule configuration._

(A manual Execute report button would be really handy!)

The file is created with 118,000 lines all of which are,

```python
"","","",""
"","","",""
"","","",""
"","","",""

```

Has anyone any suggestions?  
Many thanks.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-preview-looks-ok-but-csv-file-save-is-rows-of/108207/2 "2025-07-07T22:12:06Z")

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> [@Transistor](#):
>
> Has anyone any suggestions?

Code your own CSV conversion without using Reporting?

{ Not quite kidding. I don't ever use the CSVs from Reporting. }

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**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-preview-looks-ok-but-csv-file-save-is-rows-of/108207/3 "2025-07-07T22:20:15Z")

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I don't use the csv file save either, but when i tested it seemed to work as intended. Your report design might be the culprit. The manual execute button is right here:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/e/0ec76aee562265d4242016f1d56c687160e0b762.png)

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-preview-looks-ok-but-csv-file-save-is-rows-of/108207/4 "2025-07-07T22:48:45Z")

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Gee, the tooltip even spells it out. Thanks!

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/0/10a514e1efaf35e59018a47baf3589ae5d7d1313.png)