## Export Data

The Export Data page allows administrators to export resource records to a tab-delimited text file. The resource records can imported into another CWIS site or saved as a backup.

The generated file will separate each field by a tab character and end each line with a newline character. The first line of the file will contain a list of tab-separated metadata field names as defined on the Metadata Field Editor page.

Multiple controlled names or classifications for a resource record will be on a separate line with all other fields duplicated. For example, a resource record with three controlled names and two classifications would have five lines associated with it.

Important considerations when exporting resource records are:

- Exporting a large number of resource records can take significant time.
- Image, File, and Reference fields are not exported.
- Flag fields use 1 for a true value and 0 for a false value.

### Example Output

An example of the output format for the header line and two resource records follows, with some fields omitted for brevity:

    Title              Description             Classification      Release Flag        [...]        Format
    Example Record     An example resource     Help                1                   [...]        xml
    Example Record     An example resource     Help -- CWIS        1                   [...]        xml
    Example Record     An example resource     Help -- Example     1                   [...]        xml
    Another Example    Resource example        Help                0                   [...]        pdf

### See Also

- Import Data