Django Admin "Export selected" button not showing in Django Admin

Question

I'm trying to enable the "Export selected" button in the Django admin for users to download data as an Excel sheet. I'm using django-import-export but the button isn't appearing.

Here's what I've done: Installed django-import-export (pip install django-import-export).

Trial 1:

class UserAdmin(ImportExportModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('username', 'email'....)

admin.site.unregister(User)
admin.site.register(User, ImportExportModelAdmin)

Trial 2:

class UserAdmin(ExportMixin, admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('username', 'email'.....)
admin.site.unregister(User)
admin.site.register(User, UserAdmin)

Restarted the development server.

the django-import-export is in INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py

Expected behavior: The "Export selected" button should appear in the Django admin user list view.

Actual behavior: The button is not displayed.

My Question: Why the button is not showing and how can I fix it.

Any suggestions or insights into why the button might not be showing would be greatly appreciated.

Docs for enabling export are here. Try with the example app for reference. If still not working, it could be a clash with other plugins you may have. — Matthew Hegarty
– Matthew Hegarty, Commented Mar 19, 2024 at 19:43
@toyotaSupra I am not sure what you mean it should appear in the Django Admin — A_K
– A_K, Commented Mar 19, 2024 at 22:23
You can ignore the comment from toyota Supra - it is not relevant to django-import-export — Matthew Hegarty
– Matthew Hegarty, Commented Mar 21, 2024 at 11:23

Matthew Hegarty · Accepted Answer · 2024-03-21 11:32:23Z

1

Here is how I enabled using the example app.

Use django-import-export v4.
Go to the 'Category' model instance and add some new categories.
You can now select and export:

To enable this, simply subclass ExportActionModelAdmin (refer to example code):

class CategoryAdmin(ExportActionModelAdmin):
    pass

admin.site.register(Category, CategoryAdmin)

answered Mar 21, 2024 at 11:32

Matthew Hegarty

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