Exporting
Davies CXsmart lets you take data out of the platform in the formats your colleagues actually use — Excel and CSV — either directly from a report you have run, or through reusable export templates that control exactly which columns appear.
Exporting a report you have run
- On the Report library tab, run a report (see Reports overview).
- Once the chart and data table appear, use the buttons at the top right:
- Excel — downloads the report as an Excel-openable
.xlsworkbook. - CSV — downloads a comma-separated file for spreadsheets or other tools.
- Excel — downloads the report as an Excel-openable
- The file downloads named after the report type (for example,
agent-kpi.csvoragent-kpi.xls).
The export contains exactly the columns shown in the on-screen data table.
The Excel and CSV buttons are disabled when a report returns no rows — for example, when the result is below the anonymity threshold.
Choose CSV when someone needs to slice the data in another tool, and Excel when you want a tidy table that opens straight into a spreadsheet.
Export templates
A report export gives you that report's columns. When you need a custom set of columns from your survey responses — for example response ID, channel, agent, NPS, and two specific survey questions — use an export template. Templates are reusable, so you define the column set once and queue the same shape whenever you like.
Creating a template
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Open the Export templates tab on the Reporting & Export page.
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Click New.
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Pick a survey — templates belong to one survey so question columns cannot drift between schemas.
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Give the template a Name.
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Tick the standard fields you want as columns:
Field Description Response ID Unique identifier for the response Channel How the response was collected Received When the response arrived Agent The attributed colleague NPS The Net Promoter Score answer -
Tick any survey questions you want to add as extra columns.
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Click Create template. It appears in the template list with its column count.
Running an export from a template
- Find your template in the list and click Queue CSV.
- The export status drawer opens while the platform builds a fixed snapshot in the background. You can close the drawer without stopping it and reopen the run from Recent exports or the standalone Exports page.
- When the run is ready, download one or more numbered CSV parts. Every part has the columns you defined and its own header; the drawer also offers the verified JSON manifest.
Exports are retained only until the displayed expiry time. You can cancel a build before it becomes ready; any partial files are removed by the cleanup pass.
To delete a template, click the bin icon beside it.
Choosing the right export
| You want to… | Use |
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| Share the figures from a single report | Excel / CSV on the run report |
| Pull responses with a specific, repeatable column set | An export template |
| Have exports arrive automatically on a schedule | A scheduled export — see Scheduled exports |