Export an Assembly to Excel

When you export an assembly to Excel, automatically formats the resulting spreadsheet.

The spreadsheet contains the following:
  • The Excel file name is the same as the assembly name.
  • First-level folders (major divisions or modules) become the spreadsheet tabs. One sheet is created for each first-level folder. First-level folder names are truncated at 31 characters.
  • One row for each folder, leaf and document element is created. The rows are in the order of the assembly. The Excel spreadsheet is not hierarchical but a Level column is provided which indicates the hierarchy.
  • Folder attribute names become the column names.
  • Folder attribute values become the column contents.
  • Leaf attribute names that differ from the folder attribute names become additional column names.
  • Leaf attribute values become the column contents.
  • Assigned document and placeholder attribute names that differ from the folder or leaf attribute names become column names.
  • Assigned document and placeholder attribute values become the column contents.
  • Leading zeros are stripped during the export process. To work around this, rename the file with a .txt extension rather than a .csv extension. Open the file in Excel. Use the Text Import wizard to make the initial cells text cells instead of general cells, and choose a comma delimiter.
Note: Occasionally Excel may prompt you to make repairs. This is an errant message; you can click Close to ignore the message.