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When creating New File/Table |
  
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When creating New File/Table |
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When creating New File/Table
Once the selections have been made for which contacts to export and type of output file that export data will be exported to, the next step is to select the actual fields which are going to be exported.
Selecting the fields to be exported is a simple and straightforward process, just check the fields you want to export for each contact.
The list of fields shown will be based on whether a contact or GAL/GDG was selected (GAL options and GDG will show the exact same fields).
If the contact folder selected uses a custom form, the custom fields for that form will always be shown after all standard contact fields separated by a line of dashes as shown below.
Any custom field name containing characters that do not conform to legal database field naming conventions (specifically, fields that do not conform to valid Microsoft Jet 4.0 <MS Access> field names), will have the illegal characters replaced automatically by an "*" character. (refer to "Things you should know - Field Naming Conventions")
You can select/de-select fields individually or use one of the global options available by click on the <Select Field Opt> button:
A maximum of approx 250 fields can be selected (any combination of standard and custom fields) within a single export process. (the actual maximum number of fields that can be output is 255 - but CGX adds 2 internal fields during the process which are never visible). The limit of 255 is directly related to the maximum number of fields allowed when creating a standard database recordset used internally by CGX as well as being the limit for MS Access.
There is also a maximum export limit of approx 2000 characters per export record which is comprised of both the number of fields and amount of data being exported.