User customisable report fields / columns

Hi all,
We want to be able to display a report for our users and then let them choose which columns they can see. Some users will want more or less columns than others and there is no way to pre-define this. Ideally we'd also like to save the selection, perhaps as a cookie, so they don't need to re-select the columns next time in.
Is there any 'built-in' functionality that helps with this or am I going to have to get my hands dirty?! Any pointers would be much appreciated!
Additionally we need to be able to export to CSV the chosen report layout...
Thanks,
Steve

Hi Steve
I don't understand why you want to use cookies to persist data, in this case. Cookies are stored in the local machine so if your users access the app from another machine they will not have access to their saved configurations (afaik), so I think it would be better to save that data in a database table that you would check when the page loads.
I am not an expert so please let me know if this makes sense or if I am missing something...
Luis

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