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Export Features

There are several ways to export Features and their associated data in Spatial Manager Desktop™.

• Export a whole Table: by right-clicking on the Table itself in the “Data sources” panel (drive/folder, Shortcut or UDS - “Standard” and “Professional” editions only).
• Export a Layer in a Map: by selecting the Layer and using the function “Export features” in the “Layers” ribbon.
• Export a Selection of Features in a Map: by selecting the Features in the Map and using the function “Export” in the “Selection\Tools” ribbon.

Note: Be aware that, in order to avoid forgetting features, if polygonal features are exported to a polyline-type target, the polygon contours will be exported as polylines.

In all cases the “Export” wizard will be launched to guide you through the steps necessary to export a set of Features.

• Set up the parameters of the source connection (if any), which will depend on the data Provider of the source connection.
• Choose the target for the exporting process (this step will also define the target data Provider). You have to choose:
  • A folder, or a Shortcut to a folder. In this case, you must also choose the type of target file by expanding the dropdown list of valid extensions to export.
  • A container for Tables (usually a Schema).
  • A file to replace (directly or through a UDS - “Standard” and “Professional” editions only).
  • A Table to replace (inside a container of Tables; usually a Schema).
• Set up the parameters of the target connection (if any), which will depend on the data Provider of the target connection.
• Choose the options offered by the target connection data Provider, such as Overwrite the target or Transform the coordinates.
• Choose if you want to Run now and/or to Save a Task (except when exporting a Layer or when exporting a Feature Selection) (“Professional” edition only).

Note 1: Upon completion of any export process to a file you can directly open the file location. Furthermore, if you are exporting to a KML or KMZ file and Google Earth is installed in your computer, you can open it using a button in the Export report window. Note 2 (“Standard” and “Professional” editions only): if the source or the target connection comes from a UDS, some parameters may be “caught” from the UDS itself (depends on the data Provider of the UDS) and you will not need to reenter them.

Note: Although the Data sources panel is the primary tool to manage resources and accesses, create/edit Shortcuts and User Data Sources (UDS), and other related functions, the context menus (right-click) in this Export window will also allow you to execute many of these functions “on the fly”, without having to return to the “Data sources” panel.