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# Export

### To Excel <a href="#import-and-exportofvaluesets-toexcel" id="import-and-exportofvaluesets-toexcel"></a>

To export a Value Set to an Excel file, go to:

📤 `File > Export > Snow Owl > Value Sets to Excel file,` click **`Next`**.

📤 Specify the file name and file path, click **`Next`** to proceed.

📤 On the next page, all the Value Sets are listed, check the boxes to select for export. You may filter for a specific Value Set. Hit **`Next`** to start the export.

![Value Set export file selector](https://snowowl.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/611027725/image2021-3-19_10-21-58.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1616145720133\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

After the export, you will be presented with a link to the export file.

![Value Set export result](https://snowowl.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/611027725/image2021-3-19_10-22-47.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1616145769107\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

{% hint style="info" %}
The Value Set is exported in a standard format. Different Value Sets are filed in separate worksheets, an index sheet is generated in the first tab of the spreadsheet to allow easy navigation between the tabs.
{% endhint %}

### To HTML <a href="#import-and-exportofvaluesets-tohtml" id="import-and-exportofvaluesets-tohtml"></a>

To export a Value Set to an Excel file, go to:

📤 `File > Export > Snow Owl > Value Sets to Excel HTML`, click **`Next`**.

📤 On the next page, all the Value Sets are listed, check the boxes to select for export. and hit **`Next`**.

📤 On the next page, you can choose an HTML template. Snow Owl has a built-in that you can use, just simply choose **`Saved template`** option and browse for it.

![Export into HTML ](https://snowowl.atlassian.net/wiki/download/thumbnails/611027725/vs07.png?version=2\&modificationDate=1585319149250\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2\&width=400\&height=425)

📤 Hit **`Next`** to give a file pat&#x68;*.* On the following page hit **`Next`** again to start the export. After the export, the export HTML file will open automatically in the built-in browser of Snow Owl.

### To UMLS SVS XML format <a href="#import-and-exportofvaluesets-toumlssvsxmlformat" id="import-and-exportofvaluesets-toumlssvsxmlformat"></a>

Value Sets can be exported in Sharing Value Sets (SVS) format. This allows exporting Value Sets that make use of the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS).&#x20;

To export a Value Set go to:

📤 `File > Export > Snow Owl > Value sets to UMLS SVS XML file`, click **`Next`**.

📤 Specify the file name and path, click **`Next`** to proceed.

📤 On the next page, all the Value Sets are listed, check the boxes to select for export. Hit **`Next`** to start the export.

After the export, you will be presented with a link to the export file.

### To XML format <a href="#import-and-exportofvaluesets-toxmlformat" id="import-and-exportofvaluesets-toxmlformat"></a>

Value Sets can be exported in XML format.&#x20;

To export a Value Set go to:

📤 `File > Export > Snow Owl > Value Sets to XML file`, click **`Next`**.

📤 On the next page, all the Value Sets are listed, check the boxes to select for export.

📤 Specify the file name and path, click **`Next`** to proceed.

📤 Hit **`Next`** to start the export.

After the export, you will be presented with a link to the export file.