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title: export
description: OpenBB Terminal Function
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# export

Export dataset to Excel

### Usage

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

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## Parameters

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


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## Examples

```python
(🦋) /forecast/ $ load aapl

(🦋) /forecast/ $ ema aapl
Successfully added 'EMA_10' to 'aapl' dataset

(🦋) /forecast/ $ export aapl
Saved file: .../OpenBBTerminal/exports/forecast/aapl_20220711_151219.xlsx
```
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