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Export and print Filament admin tables in seconds — CSV, XLSX, and PDF with column selection, preview, and flexible PDF drivers.

Built for Filament v4 and v5 on Laravel 11/12. A modern, actively maintained successor to the export workflow many teams relied on with alperenersoy/filament-export.

Why this package?

Filament's native export action is powerful for queued, notification-based exports with custom exporter classes. This package targets teams that want a lightweight, modal-based export directly from the table — similar to filament-export, but updated for current Filament APIs.

Features

• Header action — export the full filtered/sorted table state
• Bulk action — export only selected records
• Formats — CSV, XLSX, PDF (print-ready)
• Column picker — let users choose which columns to include
• Custom file names — optional filename input with timestamp prefix
• PDF orientation — landscape or portrait
• Pluggable PDF renderers — Sidecar Browsershot, local Browsershot, Dompdf
• Row limits — configurable caps for PDF and spreadsheet exports
• Panel plugin — central limits and defaults per Filament panel
• i18n — English and German translations out of the box
• Preview UI — paginated preview in the export modal

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Filament 4 or 5
• Laravel 11 or 12

Optional (pick one PDF stack):

Spreadsheet exports use OpenSpout (included).

Installation

composer require occtherapist/advanced-table-export-for-filament

Register the plugin in your panel provider (e.g. app/Providers/Filament/AdminPanelProvider.php):

use Filament\Panel;
use OccTherapist\AdvancedTableExportForFilament\AdvancedTableExportForFilamentPlugin;

public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel
{
    return $panel
        ->plugins([
            AdvancedTableExportForFilamentPlugin::make()
                ->maxPdfRows(200)
                ->maxExportRows(2000)
                ->previewPerPage(25),
        ]);
}

Add the actions to any table:

use OccTherapist\AdvancedTableExportForFilament\Actions\TableExportBulkAction;
use OccTherapist\AdvancedTableExportForFilament\Actions\TableExportHeaderAction;
use Filament\Tables\Columns\TextColumn;

public function table(Table $table): Table
{
    return $table
        ->headerActions([
            TableExportHeaderAction::make()
                ->modifyExportQueryUsing(fn ($query) => $query->where('is_active', true)),
        ])
        ->toolbarActions([
            TableExportBulkAction::make()
                ->withColumns([
                    TextColumn::make('internal_notes')->label('Notes'),
                ]),
        ]);
}

TableExportHeaderAction exports the filtered, sorted, and searched table query. TableExportBulkAction exports only the selected rows. Use withColumns() to include extra model columns that are not visible in the table.

Publish the config (optional):

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=advanced-table-export-for-filament-config

Set your PDF driver in .env:

ADVANCED_TABLE_EXPORT_PDF_RENDERER=sidecar

Configuration

All options live in config/advanced-table-export-for-filament.php:

Panel-level limits override config when set on the plugin:

AdvancedTableExportForFilamentPlugin::make()
    ->maxPdfRows(500)
    ->maxExportRows(10000)
    ->previewPerPage(50);

PDF rendering

The package resolves a PdfRenderer contract from the container based on pdf_renderer:

// config/advanced-table-export-for-filament.php
'pdf_renderer' => env('ADVANCED_TABLE_EXPORT_PDF_RENDERER', 'null'),

Migrating from filament-export

If you used alperenersoy/filament-export on Filament v2/v3, this package offers a familiar workflow for Filament v4/v5:

- use AlperenErsoy\FilamentExport\Actions\FilamentExportHeaderAction;
- use AlperenErsoy\FilamentExport\Actions\FilamentExportBulkAction;
+ use OccTherapist\AdvancedTableExportForFilament\Actions\TableExportHeaderAction;
+ use OccTherapist\AdvancedTableExportForFilament\Actions\TableExportBulkAction;

  ->headerActions([
-     FilamentExportHeaderAction::make('export'),
+     TableExportHeaderAction::make(),
  ])
  ->toolbarActions([
-     FilamentExportBulkAction::make('export'),
+     TableExportBulkAction::make(),
  ])

Many disable* options from the original package map directly to config keys (see Configuration) or can be set per action via method chaining (see Action customization).

Action customization

Both export actions support a fluent API similar to filament-export:

use Filament\Tables\Columns\TextColumn;
use OccTherapist\AdvancedTableExportForFilament\Actions\TableExportHeaderAction;
use OccTherapist\AdvancedTableExportForFilament\Enums\ExportFormat;

TableExportHeaderAction::make()
    ->fileName('monthly-report')
    ->timeFormat('Y-m-d')
    ->defaultFormat(ExportFormat::Pdf)
    ->defaultPageOrientation('portrait')
    ->disableCsv()
    ->disablePreview()
    ->directDownload()
    ->withHiddenColumns()
    ->csvDelimiter(';')
    ->withColumns([
        TextColumn::make('internal_notes')->label('Notes'),
    ])
    ->formatStates([
        'status' => fn ($record) => strtoupper((string) $record->status),
    ])
    ->extraViewData([
        'company' => 'Acme GmbH',
    ])
    ->fileNameFieldLabel('Report name')
    ->formatFieldLabel('Export as')
    ->filterColumnsFieldLabel('Included columns');

Action-level settings override global config values.

Roadmap

Star or watch the repository to follow progress: github.com/OccTherapist/advanced-table-export-for-filament

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for setup and guidelines.

Found a bug or missing feature? Open an issue.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for release notes.

License

MIT © Igor Clauss

Author

Igor Clauss — Laravel & Filament developer

• Website: igorclauss.de
• GitHub: @OccTherapist

Built with care for teams who need reliable table exports in modern Filament panels.