Exporting the information block contents

In this section

The Catalog export form serves to export the information block contents to a CSV file.

Step 1. Information block

Field	Description
Export information block	Select here the information block whose data is to be exported to a CSV file.

Click Next to proceed.

Step 2. Export settings

In this form you have to specify how the export procedure is to be performed.

Field

Description

File format settings

Delimiter

Choose the symbol with which fields are to be separated in the output file.

First row is a header

Check this box if you want the first row of the output file to contain field names.

Assign database fields to file fields

Field	Description
Export	Check this box if you want this field to be exported to the output file.
Field name	Names of the fields to be exported. Important! Be sure to select at least one of the fields Unique identifier (B_IBLOCK_ELEMENT.XML_ID) or Name (B_IBLOCK_ELEMENT.NAME). These fields are used to match database fields to file fields.
Sort order	These fields define the order in which the fields will be positioned in the output file.

Output file

Data file name

Type here the full path name of the output file, relative to the site root. For example: /upload/export_file.csv.

Important!
If a file with such name already exists, it will be overwritten.

To revert to the previous step, click Back. To start the export procedure, click Start.

Step 3. Result

This screen displays the export results, and a link which can be clicked to download the generated CSV file to a local computer. You can click Back to first step if you want to export more data.