Export to CSV
Export to CSV whenever you need to share a snapshot of a lens with someone who doesn’t have access to Foundation — an executive, an auditor, or a teammate in a different tool. The export honors exactly what you see on screen: current filters, sort order, grouping, visible columns.
Run an export
Section titled “Run an export”- Open the lens and set it up the way you want the export to look — apply filters, sort, grouping, and show or hide columns.
- In the toolbar, click the More menu (or open the command palette with
/). - Choose Export to CSV.
- Your browser downloads a file named
Foundation-<LensName>-<YYYY-MM-DD>.csv.
What’s in the file
Section titled “What’s in the file”- One row per visible issue or Flex Item in the lens, in the same tree order shown on screen.
- One column per visible column. Hidden columns are omitted.
- Rich text fields (description, comments) are flattened to plain text.
- Custom fields export as their displayed value, not internal IDs.
- Dates use ISO
YYYY-MM-DDformat so they parse cleanly in Excel and Sheets.
What’s not in the file
Section titled “What’s not in the file”- Rows hidden by a filter or by a collapsed parent.
- Rows you don’t have Jira BROWSE permission for.
- Attachments — only the text fields export.
Common uses
Section titled “Common uses”- Status reports — sort by status and export for a weekly digest.
- Executive roll-ups — group by project or team, export the grouped view.
- Archival — snapshot a lens at a point in time before a reorganization.
- If the export looks incomplete, check for an active quick filter or a collapsed parent row.
- For very large lenses, expand everything before exporting so parent rows don’t mask children.
- The filename includes today’s date so repeated exports don’t overwrite each other.