Export to XLS

Export to XLS produces the same attendee list as the CSV export, in a form spreadsheet applications open directly.

Where

The Event assistants panel, below the table: Export to XLS, next to Export to CSV.

Which to choose

Both contain the same columns and the same rows. The difference is how easily the receiving application opens them.

What it contains

Identical to the CSV export:

Confirmed · User name · Email · Telephone · Comments · Country · Status

Status is empty for confirmed registrations, and reads Waiting list or Cancelled for the others.

Working with the file

The XLS export is the practical choice for the door-list workflow:

1. Export the day before the event, after resolving the waiting list.
2. Open it in your spreadsheet application.
3. Sort by name.
4. Add an Attended column — POM Events records registrations, not attendance.
5. Widen the comments column and read the notes.
6. Print it, or take it on a tablet.

Separator behavior

The exported data uses semicolons between values. Most spreadsheet applications handle the XLS export directly, but if your application ever presents an import dialog, choose the semicolon as the separator so comments containing commas stay in one cell.

Name it immediately

The downloaded file does not identify its event usefully. Rename it as soon as it lands:

open-day-2026-03-14-attendees.xls

Event, date, purpose. Two of those three will be the ones you search on later.

Keep the exports together

For a season of events, keep every export in one folder. It becomes the record that answers the questions nobody can answer from the plugin:

• how many people registered for each edition;
• what the no-show rate is;
• who attends repeatedly;
• how long the waiting list gets.

The plugin aggregates none of that. A folder of dated exports does.

It is personal data

The file contains names, email addresses, telephone numbers and comments that frequently include health, accessibility and dietary information.

Treat it as a confidential document: restricted storage, restricted sharing, deleted when the retention period ends, and never attached to a support request.

See Attendee data and privacy.

Verify

1. Export and open the file in your spreadsheet application.
2. Confirm all three sections are represented.
3. Confirm comments with commas are intact in one cell.
4. Confirm accented characters and non-Latin names render correctly.
5. Rename and file it.