Exporting data

In iBase Designer, you can export entity and link records to text files; to export to CSV or XML files, use iBase. To export to text files in iBase Designer, you need to select the data to export and define how the exported data is formatted.

For example, you select the entity or link type to export, specify how dates and numbers are formatted and whether you want to base the export on a query or set. If you regularly export data, you can save the settings in an export specification.

You can also run a series of export specifications together using an export batch specification, which allows you to export a number of records, perhaps of differing entity or link types. The Scheduler utility can be used to export data on a regular basis.

You can also export smaller amounts of data, by using Copy to Clipboard when listing records in the Records dialog.

Note: In iBase, you can also consider exporting data by using report definitions to produce reports in these formats: HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), Rich Text Format ( RTF), Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access.