Bug or Feature with SharePoint Surveys?

Question

I was experimenting with different options to see if I could change how survey data got exported to Excel and something surprising happened that gave me exactly what I want.  My concern is that it might be a bug, rather than a feature; although I'm
hoping it's a feature.  This deals with the limitation that you only see the "Export to Spreadsheet" option when you are on the "Overview" view of the survey.
WARNING: I've been unable to restore my survey back to the original state after making these changes, so make sure you are using a new or throwaway survey before following these steps.  Of course, if it's a feature, I'll assume there is a way to reverse
it, but I haven't found it yet.
1.  Create a new simple survey with a few simple questions.
2.  Add a few responses to the survey.
3.  Go to the "Overview" view of the survey.  (make sure "Export to Spreadsheet" appears in the "Actions" dropdown.  If not, see other posts here to resolve that.  If you go to the "All Responses"
view, the "Export to Spreadsheet" option is not on the "Actions" menu.  That's by design; the limitation I'm trying to circumvent.)
4.  From the "Site Actions" dropdown in the far upper left, select "Edit Page."
5.  Over on the right side, in the white bar that's below "Add a Web Part," you should see a checkbox and, to the left of the checkbox, a little dropdown arrow.  Click that dropdown arrow to expose the menu (see graphic).
6.  Select "Edit Web Part."
7.  On the right, change the "Selected View" to "All Responses."  See graphic.
8.  Click Ok
9.  Click Ok again on the dialog box that appears.
10.  Go back to your survey.  Notice that the "Overview" view is now showing the "All Responses" view, even though you are actually seeing all the responses, and that you still see "Export to Spreadsheet" in
the "Actions" dropdown.  You can now add columns to your view and export those to the spreadsheet.  :-).  So, is this a bug or a feature?
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Answer 1

all list view pages are just web part pages... which can be used for very powerful combinations (like having filter web parts connected to the list view web part, or replacing the default list view web part with custom forms)... just be careful not to delete
the default list view web part (minimize if you need), since it has some associations that can't be recreated.
You can also create basically the same thing by creating a new view, and choosing to base the new view from the "All Responses" view.
Scott Brickey
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