Remove the 'export' action to contributors (users with contribute permission) in a SharePoint Survey

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I have created a survey and gave users contribute permissions.
then in the advanced settings set to only allow a user to see their own
responses and from the survey site this all works fine.
If they look at the graphical view or just plain view of the responses they just see
theirs.
But they also have the option to export to spreadsheet (Excel) and when they
do they get all responses.
Can the Action (Export to Spreadsheet) be disabled for a contributor?

Posted 6-Nov-12 18:25pm

saud_a_k

Updated 6-Nov-12 18:26pm

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saud_a_k · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-07T18:59:00

I had to use JavaScript find each element and the hide the export button.
see here http://techtrainingnotes.blogspot.in/2008/02/sharepoint-hiding-menus-not-using.html[^]

I just added

JavaScript

var doc = document.getElementsByTagName('ie:menuitem');
for (var i = 0; i < doc.length; i++)
 {
   itm = doc[i];
   if (itm.id.match('ExportToSpreadsheet')!=null)

     { itm.hidden=true; }
  }

oh ... and you need to add this below the

HTML

</WebPartPages:WebPartZone>

in the view
Modify the view in SharePoint Designer in advanced mode

Update:
This works for anything in SharePoint not only (surveys or lists)