Exports
Allegro can export large lists — your purchases and your audience members — as CSV files. Exports are generated in the background, so you can start one and keep working: when the file is ready, Allegro emails you a download link and the export appears on the Exports page, ready to download.
To see your exports, go to Exports in the main navigation.
Starting an export
You start an export from the page whose data you want:
| Export | Where to start it |
|---|---|
| Purchases | The Export button on the Purchases page. |
| Audience members | The Export button on the Audience page. |
The export always reflects the filters and search active on that page when you click Export — so to export a subset, narrow the list first, then export. The whole matching set is included, not just the page you are viewing.
After you click Export, Allegro confirms that the export is being generated and that it will email you a link when it's ready. You don't need to stay on the page.
To keep the queue healthy, you can start up to three exports per minute. If you go over, Allegro asks you to wait a few seconds before trying again.
The Exports page
The Exports page lists every export across your organization, most recent first, and refreshes on its own while any export is still being generated. Each row shows:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Type | What was exported — Purchases or Audience members. |
| Status | Where the export is in its lifecycle (see below). |
| Requested by | The admin who started the export. |
| Rows | The number of records in the file, once it has finished. |
| Size | The size of the generated file. |
| Created | When the export was started. |
| Download | A Download button, shown only while the file is available. |
Statuses
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Pending | The export is queued and waiting to start. |
| Processing | Allegro is building the file. |
| Completed | The file is ready to download. |
| Failed | Something went wrong while generating the file. Start a new export. |
| Expired | The file was completed but has passed its download window (see below). |
Downloading and retention
When an export completes, Allegro emails the admin who started it a link to the file, and a Download button appears on the export's row. Each file stays available for 7 days after it was created. After that the export is marked Expired, the file is removed, and the Download button no longer appears — start a new export to get a fresh copy.
Purchase and audience-member exports are standard CSV files you can open in any spreadsheet. For the exact columns in a purchases export, see Purchases.