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Exporting item events (classic)

Learn how to export Item Events, including instructions on choosing a file format and a location to save your file.

New to Item Events? You can read the first article in this series for an introduction to Item Events.

 

Which plan do I need to use this feature?

✓ Soho | ✓ Pro | ✓ Plus | ✓ Enterprise  | ✓ Flex |

Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

Inventory > Item Events

What more do I need to use this feature?

Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic, new or both?

  • Your account must have access to items (Inventory > Items), a key feature of our classic version of Checkfront. 

 

Early Access Program

New to Checkfront - Products ✨

Products (Inventory > Products) is the successor feature to Items (Inventory > Items) and is available in our newest version of Checkfront.

Not yet on our newest version and interested in upgrading? Please reach out to our Technical Support team for more information.

Discover more product-related help articles here: Products (New).

 

Exporting item events

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Item Events Export

You can export a report from your Item Events list using the Export link in the top right corner, next to the Columns button.

 

Item Events Export

From there, you can enter a name for the report and choose the output format.  

 

Save As

Allows you to specify the name of the export file. By default, the file name includes the report's name plus the applicable date range. You can edit the name of the file by placing focus on the Save as field and entering a different name.

 

Format

Export report to MS Excel (XLSX), CSV (Comma-separated Value), PDF (Portable Document Format) or XML (eXtensible Markup Language).

 

Save To

The report can be saved to your Computer, Email, or Google Drive.  

 

Note

Emailed exports are sent as links to the files securely hosted in Google Cloud Storage.

 

Learn More

Learn more about exporting to Google Drive here:

 

Columns

Choose to Export Visible columns or All columns. In the case of this report, all columns are always visible, so you get the same result with either option.

 

Max Rows

Choose to limit the maximum number of rows to Export (Max Rows) or choose to Export All Rows. 

 

Formatting

Use ISO Dates allows you to choose the format of dates within the Export.

  • When selected, you see the format YYYY-DD-MM, for example, 2020-06-09.
  • When not selected, you see the format configured with the Date Format setting (Manage > Setup > Locale). 

 

 

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