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:
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