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title: "Exporting Issues"
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# Introduction
With **Xporter**, you can easily export Jira Issues into clear, customized documents. This page shows you how to export single and multiple Jira Issues in different ways.
Operations
Exporting a Single Issue Using the *Actions* Button
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> Go to your Jira Cloud instance and enter a Jira Issue.
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> From the *Actions* menu (Figure 1 - 1), select *Xporter* (Figure 1 - 2).
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> Figure 1 - Export
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> A modal will open (Figure 2). Choose your Template (Figure 2 - 1) and output format (Figure 2 - 2). Then provide a name for your file if desired (Figure 2 - 3) and, using the toggle, enable/disable the option of adding today's date to the file name (Figure 2 - 5).
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> You will see a message confirming the exporting success (Figure 3 - 1).
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> Click the *Download* button (Figure 3 - 2) to get the report file on your machine.
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> Figure 3 - Export success
## Exporting Multiple Issues Using the Menu Option
You can export the results of a search filter using the *Xporter* option on the *Export* menu.
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> On the top menu of your Jira Cloud instance, click *Filters* (Figure 4 - 1) and then select the *View all issues* option (Figure 4 - 2).
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> Click *Apps* (Figure 5 - 1) and then select *Xporter* (Figure 5 - 2).
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> You will see a message confirming the exporting success (Figure 7 - 1).
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## Exporting Issues from the Agile Board
Xporter is available on the Agile boards/releases, so you can export all the Issues that belong to the active sprint, backlog, or releases.
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> On your Jira Cloud instance, click the *Settings*/gear icon (Figure 8 - 1), and then select *Apps* (Figure 8 - 2)*.*
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> The Xporter menu will open on the left side of the screen (Figure 9). There, click the *Miscellaneous* option (Figure 9 - 1).
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> Enable the *Xporter Agile Boards* feature (Figure 10 - 1) by toggling, and then click *Save* (Figure 10 - 2).
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### Exporting Issues from an Active Sprint
Xporter allows you to export all the Issues that belong to the active sprint directly from the Agile board.
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> On the top menu, enter Projects (Figure 11 - 1) and select an Agile project with an active sprint.
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> A modal will open (Figure 12).
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> You will see a message confirming the exporting success (Figure 13 - 1).
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### Exporting Issues from Backlog
Xporter allows you to export all the Issues that belong to the *Backlog* and also those that belong to a certain sprint.
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> On the *Backlog Board* (Figure 14 - 2), click the *Backlog* option (Figure 14 - 3).
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> A modal will open (Figure 15).
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> You will see a message confirming the exporting success (Figure 16 - 1).
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### Exporting Issues from Releases
Xporter allows exporting all the Issues associated with a release.
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> A confirmation message will appear (Figure 19 - 1).
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> Figure 19 - Download
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