Widget Volanta Export phpVMS 7

Exports flights from phpVMS to the CSV format required by Volanta.

https://github.com/avs-code/volantaWidget

✨ Features

• 📅 Customisable date selection
• 🔽 Direct download in CSV format
• 📊 Flight preview in table format
• 🎯 Specific format for Volanta
• 🔒 Only visible to the user themselves

📋 Requirements

• phpVMS 7.x
• PHP >=8.1
• Users with registered flights (PIREPs)

🎯 Features

• Allows you to select a date range
• Displays a table with flights for the period
• Generates CSV in Volanta format
• Includes: origin, destination, times, aircraft, etc.

📸 Screenshots

Installing the Volanta Export Widget

📦 Manual Installation

Step 1: Copy widget files

Copy these files to your phpVMS installation:

VolantaExportFlights.php → app/Widgets/VolantaExportFlights.php

volanta_export_flights.blade.php → resources/views/widgets/volanta_export_flights.blade.php

├── app/
│   └── Widgets/
│       └── VolantaExportFlights.php
└── resources/
    └── views/
        └── widgets/
            └── volanta_export_flights.blade.php

Step 2: Integrate into the Profile view

Add these lines to the file:

resources/views/layouts/your_theme_name/profile/index.blade.php

    {{-- Widget Volanta Export Flights - Only visible to the user themselves --}}
@if (Auth::check() && $user->id === Auth::user()->id)
    <div class="row mt-5">
        <div class="col-sm-12">
        @widget('VolantaExportFlights')
        </div>
    </div>
@endif

Step 3: Clear cache

In administration panel->maintenance->Clear all caches

✅ Verification

• Go to your profile (/profile)
• You should see the ‘Volanta Export Flights’ widget
• Select dates and test the CSV download

🗑️ Uninstallation

• Delete the 2 copied files
• Remove the lines added to the profile file
• Clear cache

📋 CSV format generated

• The CSV includes these columns for Volanta:
• Origin, Destination, DepartureTime, Duration, Airline, Callsign, FlightNumber, AircraftType, AircraftRegistration, Route, ArrivalTime, Distance, Fuel

✅ Use

• Go to your profile (/profile).
• Click on Volanta Export button.
• Select dates and click over Search flights.
• Click again on Volanta Export button to see the results.
• Click on Download CSV for Volanta.
• In your Volanta app, Settings -> Data Import/Export -> Manual -> Select CSV.
• Select Data to import, Aircraft and Flights, the selected data will merged in aircraft case, or duplicated in fligths case, so select only flights that you don't actually have in Volanta.
• Click on Begin Import.