Title: Exporting By Date &#8211; help :(
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Exporting By Date – help :(

 *  [mccintranet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mccintranet/)
 * (@mccintranet)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-by-date-help/)
 * Hi Michael,
 * I am trying to figure out how to export my form data with Contact Form DB by 
   date? So if I just want to pull all of the data for June, for example. Otherwise,
   it is a huge file I’m pulling each time, and will continue to get bigger each
   month it builds up.
    I’ve figured out how to pull all of my forms data at once,
   by using the “*”, and export. But not sure how to do it by date. Can someone 
   walk me through it, if its possible? I need it to export ALL forms data, not 
   just one form, so need to use the “*” piece as well.
 * Thanks so much,
 * Trevor
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-to-database-extension/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-to-database-extension/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-by-date-help/#post-7545221)
 * Shortcode builder page, create an Export link, filter rows by submit_time
    [http://cfdbplugin.com/?page_id=553](http://cfdbplugin.com/?page_id=553)
 *  Thread Starter [mccintranet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mccintranet/)
 * (@mccintranet)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-by-date-help/#post-7545413)
 * Thank you Michael. But how do I choose to export ALL the forms for that time 
   period? The first box has a drop down to choose a specific form, but I have MANY
   that I want to export all at once (would take forever to do them individually)
   
   I’ve never used the short code builder so I don’t know what I’m supposed to put
   in each of the field/boxes it’s requesting (a step by step for what I should 
   ente in each section would be great 🙂 For example when it asks which fields 
   I want to display or what rows I want to display, etc …. If I want ALL of them
   for that time period, do I just leave them blank and it defaults to all? And 
   then once I fill everything in … I don’t see a Submit button to activate the 
   export.
 * Sorry, I’m definitely in the learning phase for this, though I have loved that
   I’ve been able to export using this plugin up to this point! Just haven’t mastered
   how to choose specific time frame 🙂
 * Thanks for your guidance,
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-by-date-help/#post-7545422)
 * Be sure you have updated to the latest version of CFDB.
    1.  Go to the CFDB Shortcode page
    2.  Select **Export** tab
    3.  Select from **Export File**
    4.  Go to **From** tab
    5.  Select the last in the list, **\* All Forms \***
    6.  Go to **Rows** tab
    7.  In the filter expression field, you can just type in something like:
         **submit_time
        >June 1, 2016&&submit_time<July 1, 2016** which would give you entries for 
        June.
    8.  click the link that is generated for you in yellow under **Generated Export
        Link
         
        . An export file should download.
    9.  Copy the link and save it somewhere for future use.
    10. You can also: Switch to **Shortcode** tab
    11. Select Shortcode **[cfdb-export-link]**
    12. Copy that shortcode and put it on a private page or post where you would like
        to go to click the link and create a download in the future

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-by-date-help/#post-7545422)
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