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title: export
description: OpenBB Terminal Function
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# export

Export dataset to Excel

### Usage

```python
export [-n NAME] [-t {xlsx,csv}]
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| name | The name of the dataset you wish to export | None | True | None |
| type | The file type you wish to export to | xlsx | True | xlsx, csv |


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## Examples

```python
2022 Feb 24, 04:35 (🦋) /econometrics/ $ load ThesisData.xlsx thesis

2022 Feb 24, 04:36 (🦋) /econometrics/ $ export thesis -t csv
Saved file: /Users/jeroenbouma/My Drive/Programming/Python/OpenBBTerminal/exports/statistics/thesis_20220224_103614.csv
```
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