Export

Download your data, graphs, and projects as files from MIDAS.

TargetFormatLocationDetails
DataCSV / TSV / JSONData Table menu → ExportData Table: Data Export
GraphsSVGGraph Builder Export as SVG buttonCreating Graphs: Export
ProjectMDSFileExport 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

The file name format depends on the operation.

  • Data Table Export: The extension for the selected format is appended to the name you enter in the Export dialog. The name you enter is used as is. The dialog starts with a default value that begins with dataset_ and includes the dataset name and the export time, which you can edit freely
  • File menu CSV: Named after the dataset without a timestamp, such as penguins.csv

The File menu CSV name and the default value in the Data Table Export dialog are built by applying the following transformations to the dataset name. Non-ASCII characters such as Japanese are preserved. When you edit the name in the Export dialog, these transformations are not applied to it.

  • Characters <>:"|?*/\, spaces, and hyphens are replaced with underscores
  • Consecutive underscores are collapsed into one
  • Alphabetic characters are converted to lowercase