This feature is part of release 24.1
Introduction
Batch exports are Batches that join each record the filter returns into a merged file, for example, a CSV file. The merged file is then ingested as a new record of record type Export and is automatically exported for the user that created the batch. The user then sees the merged file in their downloads in the front end.
CSV Export
The merged file is in this case a CSV file. The following options are present
Link to one of theProfiles of the category “Export”
The separator between rows: fixed at
\nThe separator between columns: fixed at
;The separator inside columns: fixed at
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Headers
The columns in the CSV export are determined by the order in which the Field Definitions appear in the associated profile. For certain Metadata Field Types as described in the next section, there are multiple corresponding columns.
Column formatting
The values are determined by the Metadata Field Types of the columns
Field | Columns | Example columns | Example value |
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Single column | Descriptive.Title | Hello world | |
ListField | Single column who value is the concatenation of the values using another delimeter | Descriptive.Keywords.Keyword | Alice, Bob, Cedric |
MultiItemField | Multiple columns, one for each sub-field whose value is the concatenation of its subvalues delimiter |
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MapField | Multiple columns, one for each sub-field |
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Other Complex Fields | Single column with as value the JSON representation of the field |
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Example
TBC
Clean-up
The merged files the batch exports create are automatically logically deleted after 2 weeks.