Possible to download a report as a csv (or xls) with a button push?

Question

I have a button that allows a user to open a report, and then if they want save as spreadsheet. Is there any way the button can download the report as a spreadsheet automatically? ie, skip the go the the report stage? 
Essentially, I want my users to be able to download a template, but this template isnt static. It may change periodically based on data in the system, so I can't simply upload a template file.Also, I want the user to get the template on demand, so I can't set it up as a subscription. Ideas?------------------------------Mike Tamoush------------------------------

miketamoush · Answer

A user messaged me and let me know you can add & "&opts=csv" to the end of your URL to download automatically as csv. Great tip!

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Mike Tamoush
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austink · Answer

Have you tried adding &amp;dlta=xs to the end of the URL for the report? That should automatically save it as a spreadsheet and for me it doesn't even load the table report at all when doing this. Just downloads the file.

markshnier__you · Answer

Also natively if you use a regular table report and set at the bottom for CSV format it will download in CSV when run in the one click.

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Mark Shnier (YQC)
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miketamoush · Answer

Austin, your solution worked as well but the native functionality Mark suggested worked great! Too bad it won't download as an xls but I suspect that is inherent to computer functionality and trying to save in a formatted way is probably impossible.

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Mike Tamoush
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Possible to download a report as a csv (or xls) with a button push?