With this feature, you select a number of database fields and define a time period, and Emarsys will export a list of all contacts whose values for the selected fields have been changed during this time.

This checks for data field updates which were performed in the Emarsys application (via registrations forms, contact profiles and duplication handling). In this way, you can synchronize Emarsys with another database.

To make a manual export of updated contacts, proceed as follows:

• Export includes - Here you specify if you want to export all contacts in the database, a specific segment or a contact list.

• Additional options - Here you can define whether to export only existing contacts (you will exclude new registrations during this time period), to include new registrations, or export only new registrations.
• Time range - Here you select the time period when the data fields were updated.

• Started recording changes at - This is the earliest date that you can include in the export, and corresponds to when the account was created.
• Changes originate from - Here you specify the source of the update. This can be All origins, Administrator (manual changes to a contact profile), Form, Data merge or API source.

• Data will be sent by - Here you specify by which channel you want to export:
  • Email - You must enter a valid email address; you can specify a subject line or use the default text. This email address will receive a download link which is password-protected; for the download you must enter your own Emarsys user credentials, even if it is not your own email address.
  • SFTP - You must enter the corresponding access data (i.e. a host address, user name and password; the directory is optional). Please make sure the host address you entered does NOT include the prefix sftp:// and the characters < >, otherwise the export will fail. For example, the following host address does not contain the mentioned prefix and characters: myserver.domain.ext.
  • Local Delivery - The content is exported to the WebDAV folder that was configured during your account setup, and requires no further action by you.

• Display Language - This language is used for the field names (e.g. first name, last name).
• Field Separator - This separates the fields in the .csv file. Since different language versions of programs like Microsoft Excel might use different characters for separating fields in .csv files, with this option you can adapt the .csv export to suit the version you use.
• Add field names to the first row of export file - This option is activated by default; it writes the field names to the top row of the exported file.
• File name prefix - This will be the prefix added to the .csv file. Only English letters, digits, underscore or dash (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _, -) are supported.

• Choose the fields for the export - Here you choose the database fields for the export.

• Add Last Modified Time column - If you check this checkbox, then the Last Modified Time column will be added to the exported file.

In the left box, you can select more than one field by pressing the CTRL key on your keyboard and selecting fields with the mouse.

When you have applied all desired settings, click Export Now.

During the export, the system assigns an internal ID to each record. In fact, this ID was generated at the time the record was created (via online registration, manual entry or import). It remains invisible until an export is started. The internal ID is unique and will later allow you to re-import the same file to Emarsys.

To schedule an automated list export, follow the instructions described in Scheduling an automated export.

It is possible to export contacts changed within a specified period with an asynchronous operation. For more information on this, see Export Updated Contacts.