---
title: "Exports"
space: "Frappe Framework"
url: "https://www.prilk.com/docs/frappe-framework/exports"
updated: "2026-05-14"
---

## Exports

Frappe has multiple ways to get data out. Pick by use case.

### List view export
Any list (Sales Invoice, Customer, anything) has an export button in the Menu. You get CSV or XLSX of the visible filter set. Useful for ad-hoc one-offs.

### Report Builder
**Reports → Report Builder** lets you build custom queries against any DocType, save them as named reports, and re-run on demand. Output is downloadable as CSV/XLSX or scheduled to email.

### Query Report
For more complex reports with SQL or Python logic, developers create Query Reports in code (a `.py` and `.json` per report). End users see them in the Reports list and run them like any other.

### API
For programmatic exports, use the REST API:

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://mysite/api/resource/Sales Invoice' \
  -H 'Authorization: token <api_key>:<api_secret>' \
  -d 'fields=["name","customer","grand_total"]' \
  -d 'filters=[["docstatus","=",1]]' \
  -d 'limit_page_length=1000'
```

See [API](/docs/frappe-ecosystem/api) for details.

### Scheduled exports
Reports can be scheduled to email users via **Report → Set "Send to Users"** with a frequency. Useful for daily sales summaries, weekly stock positions, monthly P&L.

### Audit exports
For SAF-T / XAF / Dutch tax exports specifically, see [ERPNext Netherlands](/docs/erpnext-netherlands/xaf-export).