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Re:Ask HN: What is something you do for clients that consist... by ape4 on Monday December 12, 2016 @09:26AM (#13158178)
But then exporting the CSV into Excel and doing something becomes part of the workflow. That could possibly be better done in the application.
Re:Ask HN: What is something you do for clients that consist... by TeMPOraL on Monday December 12, 2016 @10:52AM (#13158899)
Not unless your application aims to encompass the entirety of running a business. Otherwise it's just plain user-hostile greed.

Personally, I do love whenever applications allow to export data and lack of such feature is IMO strong negative.

Re:Ask HN: What is something you do for clients that consist... by majewsky on Monday December 12, 2016 @05:39PM (#13162685)
It's also much more efficient for me as a developer to offer an export interface instead of having to implement all the reporting functionality myself.
Re:Ask HN: What is something you do for clients that consist... by ape4 on Monday December 12, 2016 @02:52PM (#13161303)
You are right I don't want to be user-hostile greedy. Its a fine line.
Re:Ask HN: What is something you do for clients that consist... by Cerium on Monday December 12, 2016 @10:14AM (#13158572)
You can't stop it. If you don't have export then you will hear about your clients copying and pasting to Excel. Much better to add a csv export and high-res download button for all charts and graphs.

By the way, I've had lots of success with chart downloading by simply copying the svg element into a request to an svg to png converter.

Re:Ask HN: What is something you do for clients that consist... by jenkstom on Monday December 12, 2016 @09:36AM (#13158250)
Often it already is. Export from here, import to there. SaaS is more and more common, so the glue needs to get better.