Export to Table Archive

Description

Writes a PlaidCloud table to a document account as a PlaidCloud-native archive file. The archive preserves all column types, indexes, and metadata that PlaidCloud knows about — better fidelity than CSV for round-tripping between PlaidCloud projects or environments.

Pair with Import Archive to bring the archive back into a project. Useful for backups, project-to-project migrations, and cross-environment data transfer.

Export Parameters

Export File Selector

The file selector in this transform allows you to choose a destination store the exported result in a PlaidCloud Document.

You choose a directory and specify a file name for the target file.

Source Table

Dynamic Option

The Dynamic option allows specification of a table using text, including variables. This is useful when employing variable driven workflows where table and view references are relative to the variables specified.

An example that uses the current_month variable to dynamically point to source table:

legal_entity/inputs/{current_month}/ledger_values

Static Option

When a specific table is desired as the source for the export, leave the Dynamic box unchecked and select the source table.

Table Explorer is always avaible with any table selection. Click on the Table Explorer button to the right of the table selection and a Table Explorer window will open.

Selecting a Document Account

Choose a PlaidCloud Document account for which you have access. This will provide you with the ability to select a directory next selection.

Inside a project, the list also offers Project Default at the top — a stand-in for whatever account the project currently has set as its default. A new step preselects Project Default when the project has one; an existing step keeps the account it was already saved with until you change it. A step left on Project Default runs against whichever account is the project’s default at the time — if none is set, the run fails and names the project rather than falling back to another account.

Target Directory Path

Select the Browse icon to the right of the Target Directory Path and navigate to the location you want the file saved to.

Target File Name

Specify the name the exported file should be saved as.

Examples

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