CSV Import and Export

Within Enterprise Architect, you can import and export information about elements to and from comma-separated value (CSV) text files. This involves up to three possible actions.

Actions

Action	Detail	See also
Set Up Specifications	To import and export element data from Enterprise Architect using CSV files, you must first set up one or more file specifications. You do this because the specification defines what types of value from the spreadsheet are to be imported, and how the information is translated between the spreadsheet and Enterprise Architect.	CSV Specifications
Import From CSV	Once you have defined a CSV import specification, you can read in major element characteristics from a CSV text file.	CSV Import
Export To CSV	Once you have defined a CSV export specification it is possible to write out major element characteristics to a CSV text file.	CSV Export

Action

Detail

See also

Set Up Specifications

To import and export element data from Enterprise Architect using CSV files, you must first set up one or more file specifications.

You do this because the specification defines what types of value from the spreadsheet are to be imported, and how the information is translated between the spreadsheet and Enterprise Architect.

CSV Specifications

Import From CSV

Once you have defined a CSV import specification, you can read in major element characteristics from a CSV text file.

CSV Import

Export To CSV

Once you have defined a CSV export specification it is possible to write out major element characteristics to a CSV text file.

CSV Export