You can now enable customers to share application data to an email address. Canvas defaults the recipient email address to the currently logged-in user. However, customers can opt to send the application data to any other email address. The email option is provided along with other export options configured for a widget.
Some benefits of this feature are:
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For more information about this feature, refer the email-related configuration keys in Configuration Descriptor: System Preferences section in the Canvas Technology 18.1 - Expert Studio Dev Guide.
The Export to Email feature can be implemented programmatically though an API. For more information on the Export Email API, refer the Canvas API for Implementing Export to Email section in the Canvas Technology 18.1 - Expert Studio Dev Guide.