diff --git a/src/app/examples/grid-grouping.component.html b/src/app/examples/grid-grouping.component.html
index d658db709..5d53a9529 100644
--- a/src/app/examples/grid-grouping.component.html
+++ b/src/app/examples/grid-grouping.component.html
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ <h2>{{title}}</h2>
                      [gridOptions]="gridOptions"
                      (onGridBeforeExportToFile)="processing = true"
                      (onGridAfterExportToFile)="processing = false"
+                     (onGridBeforeExportToExcel)="processing = true"
+                     (onGridAfterExportToExcel)="processing = false"
                      (onAngularGridCreated)="angularGridReady($event)">
   </angular-slickgrid>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/angular-slickgrid.component.ts b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/angular-slickgrid.component.ts
index 7903430ee..4d43b551d 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/angular-slickgrid.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/angular-slickgrid.component.ts
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ export class AngularSlickgridComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnIn
   @Output() onGridStateChanged = new EventEmitter<GridStateChange>();
   @Output() onGridBeforeExportToFile = this.exportService.onGridBeforeExportToFile;
   @Output() onGridAfterExportToFile = this.exportService.onGridAfterExportToFile;
-  @Output() onGridBeforeExportToExcel = new Subject<boolean>();
-  @Output() onGridAfterExportToExcel = new Subject<any>();
+  @Output() onGridBeforeExportToExcel = this.excelExportService.onGridBeforeExportToExcel;
+  @Output() onGridAfterExportToExcel = this.excelExportService.onGridAfterExportToExcel;
   @Input() customDataView: any;
   @Input() gridId: string;
   @Input() gridOptions: GridOption;
@@ -339,10 +339,6 @@ export class AngularSlickgridComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnIn
 
     // if Excel Export is enabled, initialize the service with the necessary grid and other objects
     if (this.gridOptions.enableExcelExport && this.sharedService) {
-      // create an instance of the ExcelExportService only when required (opt-in)
-      this.excelExportService = new ExcelExportService(this.translate);
-      this.onGridBeforeExportToExcel = this.excelExportService.onGridBeforeExportToExcel;
-      this.onGridAfterExportToExcel = this.excelExportService.onGridAfterExportToExcel;
       this.excelExportService.init(this.grid, this.dataView);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/services/excelExport.service.ts b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/services/excelExport.service.ts
index 380ffa776..112389704 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/services/excelExport.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/services/excelExport.service.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export class ExcelExportService {
   // -----------------------
 
   private getDataOutput(): string[][] | ExcelCellFormat[][] {
-    const columns = this._grid.getColumns() || [];
+    const columns = this._grid && this._grid.getColumns && this._grid.getColumns() || [];
 
     // data variable which will hold all the fields data of a row
     const outputData = [];
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export class ExcelExportService {
 
     // get grouped column titles and if found, we will add a "Group by" column at the first column index
     // if it's a CSV format, we'll escape the text in double quotes
-    const grouping = this._dataView.getGrouping();
+    const grouping = this._dataView && this._dataView.getGrouping && this._dataView.getGrouping();
     if (grouping && Array.isArray(grouping) && grouping.length > 0) {
       this._hasGroupedItems = true;
       return groupByColumnHeader;
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ export class ExcelExportService {
    * Get all the grid row data and return that as an output string
    */
   private pushAllGridRowDataToArray(originalDaraArray: string[][], columns: Column[]): string[][] | ExcelCellFormat[][] {
-    const lineCount = this._dataView.getLength();
+    const lineCount = this._dataView && this._dataView.getLength && this._dataView.getLength();
 
     // loop through all the grid rows of data
     for (let rowNumber = 0; rowNumber < lineCount; rowNumber++) {