Exporting

Conjure can export list data to CSV — the full filtered set or just the rows you select.

What's available today

✅ available CSV export, including selection export (export only checked rows). Shipped on list pages like board posts and users.

[ 3 selected ]  [ Export selected ]  [ ⋯ more ▾ ]

The export respects the current filters and search, so "export what I'm looking at" works as expected.

Client vs server export

There are two ways to produce the file, and the difference matters for privacy:

	Client export	Server export
Where the CSV is built	Browser	Backend endpoint (streamed)
Speed to ship	Fast	Needs an endpoint
Honours action permissions	✗ (anyone with view)	✅ enforced server-side
Right choice for PII	No	Yes

PII must export server-side

A client-only export can be triggered by anyone who can view the list, bypassing any "export" permission. For personal data (user lists, contact info), implement export as a server endpoint so the permission is actually enforced. This is exactly why export folds into the actions & permissions system.

How export fits actions & permissions

📋 planned Export is modeled as a spell (an admin action) so it shares one registry and one permission model with refunds, receipts, push, etc. Declared backend-side:

conjure/actions.py (design)

ADMIN_ACTIONS = [
    {"model": "user.User", "codename": "export", "name": "Export users",
     "kind": "server", "scope": "bulk"},   # PII → server, permission-gated
]

Running python manage.py sync_admin_actions creates the user.export permission, which then appears as a checkbox on the relevant Django admin Group — so "only 3 of 10 admins can export users" is just group membership. See Actions & permissions.

Roadmap

Item	Status
CSV export + selection export	✅
Server-side streaming export for PII models	📋
Real .xlsx (formatted) export	📋
"Export all N matching filter" (beyond current page)	📋

Because list pagination is server-side, today's selection export covers the current page; exporting an entire filtered set is a separate streaming endpoint on the roadmap.