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Export Objects

Administrators can use this to export one or more objects, including all child objects, into a single view for easy review and management. For each export, you select the settings and optional profiles and permission sets to include in the object details. The export is done in the background to avoid timing out or exceeding the Salesforce Governor Limits. You will receive an email with a link to the Export Object Attachment record, where you can download your file.

NOTE: Strongpoint stores Object-level permissions in a Custom Object. There are two reports (Flashlight > Reports / List Views > Customizations) for easy access to this information:
Permissions by Object
Object Permissions by Profile

  1. Open Flashlight > Tools > Export Objects
    Objects is the default tab. Profiles and Permission Sets and Users exports are on their own tabs.export_object_800x500
  2. Scroll through the Select Objects to be Exported, or enter all or part of a name in Filter to filter the list.
  3. Select one or more objects in the scroll box. Use Shift or Ctrl to select multiple objects.
  4. Click the right arrow to move the items to the Selected Objects list. To remove an item from the Selected Objects list, select it and click the left arrow.
  5. Select the Settings to be exported.
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  6. Optional: Select one or more profiles to be included for more security information.export_object_profiles_800x685
  7. Optional: Select one or more permission sets to be included for more security information.export_object_permissions_800x130
  8. Click Download XLS to export your selections. The file ObjectExport.xls is created in your download folder.

ObjectExport.xls File​

When you open an exported file, this message may be displayed, as the exported ObjectExport.xls file is in XML instead of the Excel format. Click Yes to load the file.

Excel error message - Click Yes to continue.

The ObjectExport.xls file contains a Summary tab and a separate tab for each selected object.

The Summary tab shows who created the export, the creation date and time, list of selected objects, and lists of any selected optional Profiles and Permission Sets.
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The Object tabs contain all of the requested information for each object.export_object_object_tab_800x401