---
title: "system.dataset.exportHTML"
description: "Exports the contents of a dataset to an HTML page."
---

# system.dataset.exportHTML

> Exports the contents of a dataset to an HTML page.

This function is used in **Python Scripting**.

## Description

Exports the contents of a dataset to an HTML page. Prompts the user to save the file to disk.

## Client Permission Restrictions
This scripting function has no Client Permission restrictions.

## Syntax

`system.dataset.exportHTML(filename, showHeaders, dataset, title)`

### Parameters
Type | Parameter | Description 
------- | ------- | ------- 
String | `filename` | A suggested filename to save as.
Boolean | `showHeaders` | If true, the HTML table will include a header row.
Dataset / PyDataset | `dataset` | The dataset to export.
String | `title` | The title for the HTML page.

## Returns
**String** - The path to the saved file, or None if the action was canceled by the user.

### Scope
Vision Client

## Code Examples

```python title="Code Snippet - Export Then Open"
# This snippet prompts the user to save the data currently displayed in a Vision Table component to an HTML file, and opens the file in the default web  browser after a successful save.
  
table = event.source.parent.getComponent("Table")
filePath = system.dataset.exportHTML("data.html", 1, table.data, "Production Report")
if filePath != None:
   system.net.openURL("file://"+filePath)
```