# Exporting Source Data from Visualization

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exporting-source-data-from-visualization/159541>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 5, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exporting-source-data-from-visualization/159541 "2018-12-05T13:11:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![johncam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@johncam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johncam)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exporting-source-data-from-visualization/159541/1 "2018-12-05T13:11:50Z")

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I have built a time series visualization and have defined an absolute timeframe. I would now like to export the source data to a CSV / Excel file.

How is this best achieved, as I can't seem to find any export functionality on the Kibana 6.4 dashboard.

Any pointers on the best way to perform data exports would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Aaron\_Caldwell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron_caldwell/32/45755_2.png) [@Aaron\_Caldwell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aaron_Caldwell)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exporting-source-data-from-visualization/159541/2 "2018-12-05T16:36:28Z")

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Hello John,

You can export search results using our Discover export feature: `Discover > <Enter search criteria> > Save > <Enter saved search name> > Share > Generate CSV`. You could obtain the same results as you have in your visualization (or more if you'd like) but you'll likely want to familiarize yourself with the [search syntax](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.x/search.html).

Regards,  
Aaron

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**Author:** ![johncam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@johncam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johncam)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exporting-source-data-from-visualization/159541/3 "2018-12-06T13:52:31Z")

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Thanks Aaron ..... just what I was looking for!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exporting-source-data-from-visualization/159541/4 "2019-01-03T13:52:42Z")

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