Exporting Searches

To export one or multiple searches, you must first create an export file.

1. In Search and Reports, go to the Search Export and Import pane in the bottom left of the screen.
2. Select the Browse button.
   The Open screen displays.
3. Browse to the location you wish to save the file.
4. Enter the File Name.
   You can also select an existing .VisSrch file and add additional searches.
5. Select Open to create the file.
   The file extension name is .VisSrch.
6. Next, add the searches to the file.
   • Ad-hoc Search and Reporting List
     Right click on the search and select Export, or drag and drop into the Search export and import section.
   • Export From the Batch Folder List
     Drag a batch folder from the Batch section of the Search and Reports screen and drop it into the Search export and import section.
     You can also drag and drop individual searches from the batch folder.
7. Your searches are now included in the .VisSrch file and can be imported elsewhere. Please make sure you have completed your export before copying or moving the file.

• When you export batch searches which contain searches with corresponding group inputs and outputs, you must ensure that the search with the output file is ordered before the search containing the input file.
• To reorder the search list, open the batch folder and drag and drop the searches into the preferred order.
• Searches can be duplicated within batch folders only, you cannot have duplicate ad-hoc searches in your export file.
• Batch folder names can be duplicated in the Search and Reports module, however, you cannot export batch files with the same name, even if they do contain different searches, in the same export file. If you do attempt to add a duplicate batch folder, you are offered the chance to rename, or overwrite the existing batch in the export import pane.
• Batches can contain other types of reports as well as ad-hoc searches, you will be informed that these reports have not been included for export.