> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/1126) in [GitLab Enterprise Edition Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/products/) 9.0.
Issues can be exported as CSV from GitLab and are sent to your default notification email as an attachment.
## Choosing which issues to include
From the issues page you can narrow down which issues to export using the search bar, along with the All/Open/Closed tabs. All issues returned will be exported, including those not shown on the first page.
You will be asked to confirm the number of issues and email address for the export, after which the email will begin being prepared.
Data will be encoded with a comma as the column delimiter, with `"` used to quote fields if needed, and newlines to separate rows. The first row will be the headers, which are listed in the following table along with a description of the values:
| Column | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| Issue ID | Issue `iid` |
| URL | A link to the issue on GitLab |
| Title | Issue `title` |
| State | `Open` or `Closed` |
| Description | Issue `description` |
| Author | Full name of the issue author |
| Author Username | Username of the author, with the `@` symbol omitted |
| Assignee | Full name of the issue assignee |
| Assignee Username | Username of the author, with the `@` symbol omitted |
| Confidential | `Yes` or `No` |
| Due Date | Formated as `YYYY-MM-DD` |
| Created At (UTC) | Formated as `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS` |
| Updated At (UTC) | Formated as `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS` |
| Milestone | Title of the issue milestone |
| Labels | Title of any labels joined with a `,` |
## Limitations
As the issues will be sent as an email attachment, there is a limit on how much data can be exported. Currently this limit is 20MB to ensure successful delivery across a range of email providers. If this limit is reached we suggest narrowing the search before export, perhaps by exporting open and closed issues separately.
