---
title: "Create an export type"
slug: "create-an-export-type"
tags: ["How-to", "Site Administrator", "Totara Platform"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:12Z
canonical: "totara.help/create-an-export-type"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Create an export type

As part of your [user data management](/19/docs/user-data-management) approach you can create an export type with a customised list of data items to be exported (either by the user themselves or by a Site Administrator).

To create a new export type, follow these steps:

1. Go to *Quick-access menu > Users > User data management > Export type.*
2. Click **Create export type** in the top-right corner of the screen.
3. Configure the [settings](/19/docs/export-type-settings).
4. Click **Add** to complete the process.

Occasionally new components may be added to the system (e.g. a new plugin is installed), which means there are potentially more items containing user data. These items will be ignored by existing export types until a Site Administrator has edited the types affected (by choosing whether to select them or not for export). Administrators will receive a notification that new items have been added. When editing an affected export type, the individual items will be highlighted with a **New** label. Once the export type is saved, the labels and warning will be removed.

## Next steps

- [Export type settings](/19/docs/export-type-settings)
- [Export user data](/19/docs/export-user-data)

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