diff --git a/lib/reactive_table.js b/lib/reactive_table.js
index 0ccb3dd..2fea3e9 100644
--- a/lib/reactive_table.js
+++ b/lib/reactive_table.js
@@ -245,6 +245,76 @@ var setup = function () {
     }
     context.currentPage = currentPage;
 
+    context.getData = function (allData) {
+        if (this.server) {
+            return this.publishedRows.find({
+              "reactive-table-id": this.publicationId.get()
+            }, {
+              sort: {
+                "reactive-table-sort": 1
+              }
+            });
+        } else  {
+            var sortByValue = _.all(getSortedFields(this.fields, this.multiColumnSort), function (field) {
+                return field.sortByValue || !field.fn;
+            });
+            var filterQuery = getFilterQuery(getFilterStrings(this.filters.get()), getFilterFields(this.filters.get(), this.fields), {enableRegex: this.enableRegex});
+
+            var limit = this.rowsPerPage.get();
+            var currentPage = this.currentPage.get();
+            var skip = currentPage * limit;
+
+            if (sortByValue) {
+
+                var sortQuery = getSortQuery(this.fields, this.multiColumnSort);
+                var queryOptions = {sort: sortQuery};
+                if (!allData) {
+                    queryOptions.skip = skip;
+                    queryOptions.limit = limit;
+                }
+
+                return this.collection.find(filterQuery, queryOptions);
+
+            } else {
+
+                var rows = this.collection.find(filterQuery).fetch();
+                sortedRows = sortWithFunctions(rows, this.fields, this.multiColumnSort);
+
+                if (allData)
+                    return sortedRows;
+                else
+                    return sortedRows.slice(skip, skip + limit);
+
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    context.getTableDataCSV = function (tableContext, allData) {
+        var visibleFields = _.map(
+            _.filter(tableContext.visibleFields.get(), function(field) {
+                return field.isVisible.curValue;
+            }) , function (fieldId) {
+                return _.findWhere(tableContext.fields, {fieldId: fieldId.fieldId});
+            });
+
+        var csv = "";
+
+        csv += _.map(visibleFields, function(field) {
+            return field.label;
+        }).join(",") + "\n";
+
+        tableContext.getData(allData).forEach(function (object) {
+            csv += _.map(visibleFields, function (field) {
+                var fn = field.fn || function (value) { return value; };
+                var key = field.key || field;
+                var value = get(object, key);
+                return fn(value, object);
+            }).join(",") + "\n";
+        });
+
+        return csv;
+    }
+
     var filters = this.data.filters || this.data.settings.filters || [];
     if (_.isEmpty(filters)) {
       context.showFilter = getDefaultTrueSetting('showFilter', this.data);
@@ -431,41 +501,7 @@ Template.reactiveTable.helpers({
     },
 
     'sortedRows': function () {
-        if (this.server) {
-            return this.publishedRows.find({
-              "reactive-table-id": this.publicationId.get()
-            }, {
-              sort: {
-                "reactive-table-sort": 1
-              }
-            });
-        } else  {
-            var sortByValue = _.all(getSortedFields(this.fields, this.multiColumnSort), function (field) {
-                return field.sortByValue || !field.fn;
-            });
-            var filterQuery = getFilterQuery(getFilterStrings(this.filters.get()), getFilterFields(this.filters.get(), this.fields), {enableRegex: this.enableRegex});
-
-            var limit = this.rowsPerPage.get();
-            var currentPage = this.currentPage.get();
-            var skip = currentPage * limit;
-
-            if (sortByValue) {
-
-                var sortQuery = getSortQuery(this.fields, this.multiColumnSort);
-                return this.collection.find(filterQuery, {
-                    sort: sortQuery,
-                    skip: skip,
-                    limit: limit
-                });
-
-            } else {
-
-                var rows = this.collection.find(filterQuery).fetch();
-                sortedRows = sortWithFunctions(rows, this.fields, this.multiColumnSort);
-                return sortedRows.slice(skip, skip + limit);
-
-            }
-        }
+        return this.getData(false);
     },
 
     'noData': function () {