📤Export your board

You can export your Metro Retro board to use in your other tools, like Wikis, emails and backlogs:

Ways to Export

Export your entire board

You can still refine your selection during the export process.

Export a selection

With an object, zone, multi-selection etc selected you can use the 3-dot menu to select the 'Export' option.

Data export file types

Export Type	Description
PDF	Download an image snapshot of your entire board. This process can take up to 10 minutes and the pdf will be emailed to your account email address.
CSV	Best for importing into Excel and other data tools.
HTML	Copy and past into Confluence, Word, Notion or other wiki/processor applications.
Markdown	For files unside Github or Gitlab, Wiki's that use markdown formatting or just plain text files.
JSON	If you don't know what this is for, ask a developer. They might give you a straight answer.
Jira	Our two-way sync Jira integration allows you to create jira cards or update imported jira cards. You do not use the 'export' process to send data to Jira.

Export process

When exporting your board or a selection (unless exporting to PDF) you will be walked through a series of options to ensure you export the exact data you want.

Select object type

Stickies, Index Card, Token, Task Card, Roadmap Card or Jira Card. If they exist in your board you will see them in the list with an object count. You can only select one object type per export.

Set data columns

We predefine the following columns: Content, Color, Author, Created and Zone. You can remove any you don't want to include.

Data export column descriptions

The below are specific to sticky notes, the default and available columns adjust based on object type selected for export.

Default columns for sticky notes:

Name	Description
Content	Adds a column that contains the text of each Sticky Note.
Color	Adds a column that contains the color of each Sticky Note. You can choose from color name, color hex or RGBA format.
Author	Adds a column that contains the creator of each Sticky Note. You can choose use name, email or both in the output.
Created	Adds a column that contains the date and time each Sticky Note was created. Several date formatting options are available.
Zone	Adds a column that contains the title of the Zone that each object is assigned to.

Additionally, you can add the following columns for sticky notes:

Name	Description
Comments	Exports the comments associated with each object, generating one column per comment.
Topic	Adds a column that contains the label of the Topic that each Sticky Note is grouped under.
Votes	Adds a column that contains the total number of votes cast for each object.
Votes By Participant	Adds a column per participant that contains the total number of votes that they cast for each object.Columns are only added for participants that cast at least one vote.
Nearby Token	(Experimental) Adds a column that contains the value of the nearest Token to each exported object in the dataset.

Select export file type

Name and Download or Copy your data