# Tag CSV Export **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [May 10, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-csv-export/6438 "2013-05-10T15:58:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@Bret](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bret)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-csv-export/6438/1 "2013-05-10T15:58:20Z")
I’m pretty new to Ignition, so please pardon me if this question is pretty basic stuff… Last week I exported the tags in my database as a CSV file. Yesterday I updated Ignition to the latest version and now I can only export my database as a XML document. I can import a CSV file, but the export option seems to be gone. Am I missing something (very possible) or is there another way to do this? Unfortunately I’m not too familiar with XML, but I can deal with CSV pretty well. Thanks for your help. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-csv-export/6438/2 "2013-05-10T16:01:45Z")
You’re not missing anything - CSV export has been replaced with XML. The wealth of information that needs to be included for each tag has grown too complex for CSV. ---
**Author:** ![Bret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@Bret](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bret)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-csv-export/6438/3 "2013-05-10T16:06:43Z")
Thank you, Kevin! When I open the XML up in Internet Explorer it looks like HTML code. Is there a be a better program to open this file up with so that it formats it without all the \<\> tags, or is that just the standard way of looking at an XML file. Sorry again if this question sounds extremely basic, but I haven’t had much exposure to XML and I’m just trying to find the best way of working with it. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-csv-export/6438/4 "2013-05-10T16:39:09Z")
I just use a text editor ([microsoft.com/en-us/download … px?id=7973](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7973)) ---
**Author:** ![Bret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@Bret](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bret)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-csv-export/6438/5 "2013-05-10T17:27:02Z")
Thanks again, Kevin! ---
**Author:** ![jantonevich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@jantonevich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jantonevich)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-csv-export/6438/6 "2013-06-21T20:16:56Z")
Since this is the new way to import and export tags. How is one suppose to manipulate these tags in an export. I used to be able to concatinate multiple fields on every tag, to a tooltip for a good descriptive mouse over,done in excel. Now with the new format of the tags(in tabular form in excel) after hour of trying, I can’t figure a way to manipulate them. Is ther a way that I can “batch” manipulate/concatinate values!? I used to: HTML tag: “tag” address: “Plc address” description: “tag documentation” /HTML Is there still a way to do this!? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Robert.McKenzie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/robert.mckenzie/32/4134_2.png) [@Robert.McKenzie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert.McKenzie)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-csv-export/6438/7 "2013-06-26T22:19:11Z")
Yes you can still do this, you just have to find the right XML editor for your needs. ---
**Author:** ![jantonevich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@jantonevich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jantonevich)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-csv-export/6438/8 "2013-06-28T16:05:00Z")
Any recommendations of an xml editor program to make vertical columns out of the csv.(with properties as fields)? After of a couple hours of installing a dozen different editors that aren’t useful. I found one, “Easy XML Editor” at [edit-xml.com/easyxmleditor.htm](http://www.edit-xml.com/easyxmleditor.htm). It looks like it gets me what I want, but it costs. It is only $30, chump change. But I was hoping and figuring there would be something out there, free/ opensource Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![greg.simpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/greg.simpson/32/3135_2.png) [@greg.simpson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.simpson)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-csv-export/6438/9 "2013-07-10T16:09:18Z")
Most of the free ones you have probably already tried, I have used Microsoft XML Notepad, I don’t really care for it. I did check out the link you posted and that editor looks pretty good! The other alternatives, in the free department, would be notepad++, sublime, or textedit.