Export

How to navigate :

> Go to admin site https://<yourURL>/admin/dashboard
> Click on "Transfer" In left navigation
> Click on "Export" under the "Transfer"


There are six main sections in the Export.

Following table shows what are the sub sections in each section.

Main SectionSub Sections
BillingIncremental numbers, Invoice API, Product tax classes, Subscription strategies
ConfigCart, Currency, Html snippets, Matrix config, Online help, Open days, Salesforce, Stripe
ContentEmails contents, Emails layout, Error pages, Gallery, Gallery items, Global documents, Homepage components / Products list, Homepage components / Products list / Filters, Homepage components / Shop list, Homepage components / Slider, Homepage components / Text content, Homepage components / Title separator, Languages, Media, Texts, Themes, Webpage
Product and groupsGroups of attributes, Product filters, Product rate plans, Product selectors, Products
ShippingShipping strategies
UsersCustomer qualifications

How to export file

Step 01 :
Select any section that user wants to export. For an example, let's select Billing >> Product tax classes data to export.

Step 02 :
Click on the Manual section text field. Then already existing "product tax classes" should be appeared here.


Select any product tax class value as user wants to filter the export data.

Step 03 :
Or else, just tick on "Export all" check box. Then all the data will be exported. Please note that user can select multiple data to export at the same time.
( For an example, "Incremental numbers", "Invoice API"," Product tax classes" data at the same time can be exported.

Step 04 :
Then click on "Submit" button at the bottom of the page.

Step 05 :
It will redirect to "Review" window. Once user click on first column name which is the main section name ( here the first column name is "Billing" , as "Product tax classes" is sub section of "Billing" ) , it will open the export details.

Step 06 :
Click on "Execute" button
Then "Download" button will be enabled to export data.

Step 06 :
Click on "Download" button. Then zip file will be downloaded.

FAQ

Why does some unselected entities are auto selected when selecting items to export ?
Because to export some components we need also prerequisite objects to be sure to create the selected objects in the target system

Steps to reproduce :

  1. Go to admin site -> Left navigation -> Transfer -> Export
  2. Click on "Products and Groups" drop down in the selection window
  3. Select values for the "Manual selection". Please refer the attached video herewith.

  1. Click on "Submit" button
  2. Observe the exported count of the "Products and groups" section

Expected output:
only 6 items of "Products and groups" section, should be selected in the "Review" window.

Actual output:
7 items of "Products and groups" section, 2 items of "Billing" section, 4 items of "Content" section, and 1 item of "shipping" section are selected in the "Review" window. Please refer the attached image herewith.

Answer :
This is the intended behavior. Exporting a product require other item to be exported as well.
The same rule apply for others entities. If a sub-entity is required, it will be exported when exporting the parent entity.