Exporting Work Items to File

In the Work Items panel, you can export work items from the current view to a PDF or CSV file.

To view an Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) file, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system. To view a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file, you generally use a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.org Calc, although any text editor can open this type of file.

You export work items from the Work Items panel, so one or more work items should be listed. You can export work items from any view.

To export work items:

  1. In the Work Items panel, click on the Export instances icon (Export Instances icon ). A menu appears.
  2. Select either PDF Document or CSV File. If you selected PDF Document, the Export Instances dialog box appears. If you have selected CSV File, your browser will offer to download the file, so go to step 4.
  3. In the Export Instances dialog box, select a desired page size and orientation, and click Export. Your browser will offer to download the file.
  4. Choose to save the file or to open it in the application that applies. In most cases the browser will offer to open PDF files in Adobe Acrobat Reader, and CSV files in a spreadsheet application.
Parent topic: Work Items Panel