Spanning offers the ability export backed up data and metadata to your local hard drive. If you want to export specific updated or deleted records to a .csv file, follow along with this demo video:
Additionally, if you want to export all records of specific object types or metadata from a specified backup date to a .csv file, you can easily do so by following the instructions below.
1. Log into your Spanning Backup for Salesforce account
2. Click on any of the object types on the main dashboard to be taken to the object list
3. Select the backup date from the date picker
4. Select all of the object types that you want to export, and then click the 'Export' button in the upper-right corner of the page.
5. When your data has finished compiling, you will receive an email informing you that your selected data is available to download. Follow the link in this email, or click the 'Completed Export' line item in your Recent Activity feed on your main Spanning Dashboard to download your data.
To export your backed up metadata from your account, follow these steps:
1-3. Follow steps 1-3 above
4. Click the Metadata tab
5. Select all of the metadata objects that you want to export
6. Click the Export button in the upper-right corner of the page
7. When your data has finished compiling, you will receive an email informing you that your selected data is available to download. Follow the link in this email, or click the 'Completed Export' line item in your Recent Activity feed on your main Spanning Dashboard to download your data.
Please remember that you can export your backed up data out of Spanning as often as you like. If you have any additional questions, please contact support@spanning.com.