Data Table Export with linked rows

Feature Requests
#1

For columns with linked rows, include the same descriptive value shown in the UI in the .csv file that downloads. The linked Row IDs have zero relevance for end users.

#2

I’d like to suggest a toggle. Not all downloaders are end-users. Some, like me, are developers, and we’re moving the data to an actual database, where the row ids are actually relevant.

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#3

i’m with @p.colbert.

sometimes i’ll do something like…

import anvil.media
import pandas as pd

@anvil.server.callable
def get_data_as_list_of_dicts():
  table_file = app_tables.my_table.search().to_csv()
  with anvil.media.TempFile(table_file) as file:
    df = pd.read_csv(file)
  return df.to_dict('records')

this allows me to send data to the client as a list of dicts.
and I have all the row ids for the linked rows which is ideal… and exactly what i’d expect