# Export a board to CSV in Fieldboard 4.3

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Use this guide if you already have permission to export a board in the desktop web app. Version 4.3 changes the export menu and introduces a new default CSV layout. Your export permission has not changed.

## Find the export command

In 4.2, the command was **More → Download CSV** in the board header. In 4.3, open the same board and choose **More → Export…**. The **Export board** dialog opens with **Format** set to **CSV**.

Both layouts export all tasks on that board, including completed tasks. Board filters do not change the exported rows. Both layouts use UTF-8, a comma delimiter, a header row and `YYYY-MM-DD` dates; an empty due date stays empty.

## Choose the layout for the file's destination

The **Layout** field defaults to **Standard (4.3)** each time you open the dialog. The last selection is not remembered.

**Standard (4.3)** has this header order:

```csv
task_id,title,status,assignee,due_date,priority
```

**Legacy (4.2)** has this header order, matching the 4.2 export:

```csv
task_id,title,assignee,due_date,status
```

If an existing spreadsheet import or script expects the 4.2 column order or its five-column layout, choose **Legacy (4.2)** for each export until you have updated that import. Do not assume that the new default matches the old file because both are CSV.

## Export for an existing 4.2 import

1. Open the board you want to export.
2. In the board header, choose **More → Export…**.
3. In **Export board**, leave **Format** set to **CSV**.
4. Set **Layout** to **Legacy (4.2)**.
5. Choose **Export CSV** to download the file.
6. Check that the header is `task_id,title,assignee,due_date,status` before passing the file to the existing import.

Repeat the layout selection next time: reopening the dialog resets it to **Standard (4.3)**. If you already downloaded the standard layout by mistake, export again with **Legacy (4.2)** before running the import. There is no retirement date for the legacy layout in this release's information.

## If you read files manually

You can keep **Standard (4.3)** if its column order suits your work and you want the priority column. You do not need to change a board's tasks to choose either layout. The layout changes the exported columns, not the board's stored tasks.