How to serialize data in a table and pass it as parameter to controller method in MVC using jquery/ajax?

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I have a strongly-typed partial view containing a table, whose entire data i want to pass as a parameter in a controller method which wud export the data to a .xls file. Now how can i serialize the data using jQuery/ajax to pass the table data to the ActionMethod. Putting the table inside a 'form' element doesn't load the partial view at all!
This is the jQuery function i was trying to use. But it doesnt execute after
alert(controllerPath); I am not quite sure what to do!

$(function () {
    $('#btnExcel').click(function () {

        //var params = { dclist: $('div.shareDiv').serializeAnything() }
        var controllerPath = '@Url.Content("~/Declaration")';
        
        alert(controllerPath);
        $.ajax({
            type: 'post',
            dataType: 'html',
            url: controllerPath + "/ExportToXLS?dclist=" + $('div.shareDiv').serializeAnything(),
            async: true
        });
        alert(url);
    });
});
    
[N.B. serializeAnything is a jQuery Extension that Serializes anything (and not just forms!)]

This function loads the partial view:

 $('.btn-show').click(function (e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        var href = summaryPath;
        href += "?date=" + encodeURIComponent($('#dcDate').val());
        $('div.shareDiv').load(href, function (response, status, xhr) {
            $('div.shareDiv').unblock();
            if (status == "error") {
                var msg = "Sorry but there was an error: ";
                $('.shareDiv').html(msg + xhr.status + "<br/>" + xhr.statusText + "<br/>" + xhr.responseText);
            }
            else {
                if ($('#shareTable')) {
                    var newSt = new superTable("shareTable", {
                        fixedCols: 2,
                        headerRows: 1
                    });
                }
            }
        });

    });

});

And this is the Action Method to which the serialized data is to be passed(in case needed)

public ActionResult ExportToXLS(IList<Lib.Models.Declaration> dclist)
       {
           DeclarationService service = new DeclarationService();
           Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + "DCSummary" + DateTime.Now.Date.ToString("{ddMMyyyy hh-mm-ss tt}") + ".xls");
           byte[] file = DeclarationExport.CreateExcelFromModelList(dclist.ToList());
           return File(file, "application/excel");
       }