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# Export response data

> Download the response workbook, understand how table filters affect it, and work with custom-code raw values.

The **Responses** view exports an Excel workbook. Active table filters and sorting determine which response rows and order are included, while hidden columns remain part of the file.

## Before you start

You need editor access. Decide which panels and response statuses belong in the dataset before filtering the table.

## Prepare the table

Before exporting:

1. Set **Panel** to the required audience or **All Panels**.
2. Open the Status filter and select the response states the file should contain.
3. Apply any question, tag, date, or computed-value filters.
4. Confirm the filtered row count at the bottom of the table.

## Download the workbook

You need editor access to export.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Responses">
    Confirm that the table represents the records required in the file.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select Download Excel">
    The same action can appear as **Export Data** in another context. The `.xlsx` download begins without a format dialog.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check the workbook">
    Compare its row count and statuses with the filtered table. Keep the study identifier included in the filename when reporting an export problem.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The workbook includes respondent information, answer columns, variables, computed fields, Mode, and Tags where applicable. Mode distinguishes live, test, and other test sessions.

## Read quality fields

For a session stopped for quality, the workbook records the failing check that caused the stop when it is known. Checks that did not run remain empty. Read these fields alongside Status; an empty final review is not a passed review. The participant detail in Responses provides the recorded explanation and rejected answers.

## Export custom-code answers

A custom-code question retains the typed columns associated with its underlying question type. The raw-data export also adds a column named with `[raw]` containing the exact stored value.

Use the typed columns for standard analysis. Inspect `[raw]` when the renderer stores additional derived keys or a structure that is not fully represented by those columns. Document the renderer version and meaning of additional keys before handing the file to another analyst.

## Create CSV when another tool requires it

The Responses action produces `.xlsx`, not CSV. Open the required workbook sheet in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, R, or another compatible tool and save or write it as UTF-8 CSV.

A shared-results respondent table can also provide **Download CSV** to an authorized guest. Individual analysis charts have their own data-copy or download actions; those are chart outputs rather than the complete response dataset.

## Review the file before sharing

* Confirm the included statuses and panels.
* Check the response count against the filtered table rather than the panel target.
* Review open-ended answers for personal information supplied by participants.
* Keep the export date with analyses produced during live fieldwork.
* Re-export after fieldwork closes or after an answer correction or inclusion decision changes the dataset.

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="The workbook contains fewer rows than expected">
    Return to Responses and reset any column filters or panel selection that should not apply. The export follows the current table query.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The export request fails">
    Retry after narrowing a very large table. If it continues to fail, contact support with the study identifier and the filters used.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="A custom interaction is difficult to interpret in columns">
    Locate the corresponding `[raw]` column and compare its stored value with the renderer's declared question type. Ask the study author for the meaning of any additional keys.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Check the result

Open the downloaded workbook and compare its rows, statuses, and ordering with the filtered table. For a custom question, compare the typed value with its \[raw] column.

## Related

* [Monitor responses](/responses/monitoring-responses)
* [Choose and configure question types](/building-your-study/question-types)
* [Export results](/analysis/exports)
* [Share a study](/sharing/share-your-work)