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3675529 - "Data Export" icon is missing from Query Designer in Story Reports

Symptom

The newly introduced "Data Export", which gives you greater flexibility in extracting and working with raw report data, is missing for some instances. 

 

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
    • Analytics & Reporting
      • Story Reports
        • Query Designer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to the "Report Center"
  2. Create a new story or edit existing one
  3. Navigate to query designer
  4. Observe that the “Export Data” icon is missing in the Query designer

NOTE: This feature is available for Preview instance as of 27th Oct 2025

Cause

Enabling a toggle related to the feature was missed.

Resolution

Kindly file a Case with SF Support, component LOD-SF-ANA-SAC.

  • Support Engineer will work on having the Toggle enabled for your instance. 
  • Post enabling the toggle, you will be able to see the 'Data Export' icon:

 

Please note: It has been observed that the 'Data Export' icon is not visible at certain browser zoom levels (or) when connected to external displays. Please refer the KBA in the 'See Also' section for details around it. 

See Also

Data Export from Query Designer in Story Reports | SAP Help Portal

3675530 - "Data Export" icon is not appearing in Query Designer of Story Reports

Keywords

KI2H2025, data export, missing, unavailable, story, successfactors, report center, not, enabled, visible, appearing, data, export, stories , KBA , @release , LOD-SF-ANA-SAC , Stories in People Analytics , LOD-SF-ANA-SAC-QDS , Query Designer - Filter, Calculated Column, Params , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite 2511

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