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title: Exporting Data
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ms.date: "03/14/2017"
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  - "exporting data [Master Data Services]"
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# Overview: Exporting Data (Master Data Services)

[!INCLUDE[appliesto-ss-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md-winonly](../includes/appliesto-ss-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md-winonly.md)]

  This article introduces the types of subscription view formats and how to determine when views need to be edited due to changes to model objects.  
  
 You create a subscription view to export [!INCLUDE[ssMDSshort](../includes/ssmdsshort-md.md)] data to a subscribing system such as [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)]. You  use the subscribing system to view the data in the [!INCLUDE[ssMDSshort](../includes/ssmdsshort-md.md)] database.  For information on how to create the subscription view, see [Create a Subscription View to Export Data (Master Data Services)](../master-data-services/create-a-subscription-view-to-export-data-master-data-services.md)  
  
 For more information about views, see [Views](../relational-databases/views/views.md).  
  
## Subscription View Formats  
 When you create a view in [!INCLUDE[ssMDSmdm](../includes/ssmdsmdm-md.md)], you choose from a set of standard view formats that [!INCLUDE[ssMDSshort](../includes/ssmdsshort-md.md)] provides. You can use these formats to create views that show:  
  
-   All leaf members and their attributes.  
  
-   All consolidated members and their attributes.  
  
-   All collections and their attributes.  
  
-   The members explicitly added to a collection.  
  
-   The members in a derived hierarchy, in either a parent child or level format.  
  
-   The members in all explicit hierarchies for an entity, in either a parent child or level format.  
  
## Subscription Views Can Become Out-of-Date  
 After you create a subscription view for an entity or hierarchy, changes to the associated model objects are not automatically reflected in the view. You might need to regenerate a subscription view in [!INCLUDE[ssMDSmdm](../includes/ssmdsmdm-md.md)] to reflect changes to model objects. The **Changed** column on the **Export** page is updated to **True** when model objects change. **True** indicates that you should edit the subscription view and save it, which regenerates the view.  
  
## Related Tasks  
  
|Task Description|Topic|  
|----------------------|-----------|  
|Create a subscription view of your master data.|[Create a Subscription View to Export Data (Master Data Services)](../master-data-services/create-a-subscription-view-to-export-data-master-data-services.md)|  
|Delete an existing subscription view.|[Delete a Subscription View (Master Data Services)](../master-data-services/delete-a-subscription-view-master-data-services.md)|  
  
## Related Content  
  
-   [Subscription View Formats (Master Data Services)](../master-data-services/subscription-view-formats-master-data-services.md)  
  
-   [Views](../relational-databases/views/views.md)