---
title: Export
description: Learn how to export data as CSV/TSV/JSON files, download graphs as SVG, and save entire projects as MDS files.
priority: 0.6
---

# Export {#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](data-table#data-export) |
| Graphs | SVG | Graph Builder **Export as SVG** button | [Creating Graphs: Export](graph-basics#export) |
| Project | MDS | **File** → **Export Project...** | [MDS Files: Export as File](mds-file-format#export-as-file) |

All exports are saved to your browser's download folder.

## Quick Export from File Menu {#quick-csv-export}

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](data-table#data-export) for details.

## File Naming {#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