Export
Download your data, graphs, and projects as files from MIDAS.
| Target | Format | Location | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data | CSV / TSV / JSON | Data Table ⋮ menu → Export | Data Table: Data Export |
| Graphs | SVG | Graph Builder Export as SVG button | Creating Graphs: Export |
| Project | MDS | File → Export Project... | MDS Files: Export as File |
All exports are saved to your browser's download folder.
Quick Export from File Menu
You can also export a dataset as CSV from File > Export Data as CSV.... The output uses UTF-8 encoding with column headers and no BOM. Filters and sort order are not applied — all rows are exported in dataset row-number order.
If you need to change the encoding, add a BOM, or apply filters and sort order, use the Export in Data Table instead. See Data Table: Data Export for details.
File Naming
Export file names are generated from the dataset name.
- Data Table Export: Named with a timestamp, such as
penguins_2026-03-25T14-30-45-000Z.csv. The timestamp is in UTC. This prevents overwriting files with the same name - File menu CSV: Named without a timestamp, such as
penguins.csv
The following transformations are applied to the dataset name portion of the file name. Non-ASCII characters such as Japanese are preserved. The timestamp appended by Data Table Export is not subject to these transformations.
- Characters
<>:"|?*/\, spaces, and hyphens are replaced with underscores - Consecutive underscores are collapsed into one
- Alphabetic characters are converted to lowercase
- The file extension is appended based on the selected format