How to use csv metadata export

I love it when I get to answer my own questions haha.

Anyways, I figured out how to configure the server to use the JRCsvMetadataExporter. I basically followed the directions here, and edited the viewReportBeans.xml, using the csvexport configuration as an example but renaming things to csvmetadataexporter. Then I created a ReportCsvMetadataExporter using the ReportCsvExporter as a template, but where it used JRCsvExporter and JRCsvExporterParameter, I used the JRCsvMetadataExporter and JRCsvMetadataExporterParameter (these are the classes jasper wrote for us). And then I rebuilt the server and was able to export it fine.

So my ReportCsvMetadataExporter export method looked like:

    public void export(RequestContext context, ExecutionContext executionContext, String reportUnitURI, Map baseParameters) throws JRException {
        JRCsvMetadataExporter exporter = new JRCsvMetadataExporter(getJasperReportsContext());
        exporter.setParameters(baseParameters);
        CsvExportParametersBean exportParams = (CsvExportParametersBean)getExportParameters(context);
 
        if (exportParams.isOverrideReportHints()) {
            exporter.setParameter(JRExporterParameter.PARAMETERS_OVERRIDE_REPORT_HINTS, Boolean.TRUE);
        }
 
        exporter.setParameter(JRCsvMetadataExporterParameter.FIELD_DELIMITER, exportParams.getFieldDelimiter());
        exporter.exportReport();
    }

my viewReportBeans.xml had:

    <bean id="reportCsvMetadataExporter" class="com.jaspersoft.jasperserver.war.action.ReportCsvMetadataExporter" parent="baseReportExporter">
        <property name="exportParameters" ref="csvExportParameters"/>
        <property name="setResponseContentLength" value="true"/>
    </bean>
...
    <bean id="csvMetadataExporterConfiguration" class="com.jaspersoft.jasperserver.war.action.ExporterConfigurationBean">
        <property name="descriptionKey" value="jasper.report.view.hint.export.csv"/>
        <property name="iconSrc" value="/images/csv.gif"/>
        <property name="parameterDialogName" value="csvExportParams"/>
        <property name="exportParameters" ref="csvExportParameters"/>
        <property name="currentExporter" ref="reportCsvMetadataExporter"/>
    </bean>
...
        <entry key="csv" value-ref="csvMetadataExporterConfiguration"/>
 

This isn't perfect though as I only needed it to override the csv export and only in the web service and Jive UI. It doesn't cover scheduling or adhoc reports and doesn't necessarily play nice with those configurations either so YMMV, but hopefully this helps! and sorry it took me so long to update this