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	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Introduction to the export module</Title>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>Exchange export</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph class="Default">This module is used to specify the ERP LN information to be written to an <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">ASCII file</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">This module also exports the data from ERP LN tables to ASCII files.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>The Export module has three main functions:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Maintaining the export specific data necessary for the export process.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Generating the export program based on the export specific data.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Performing the actual <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000016" role="glossary">export procedure</Link> on a <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">regular</Link> or <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000005" role="glossary">non regular</Link> basis.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>The basic data required for an export process includes:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Table relations, to specify a relation between an ERP LN table from which the data is to be exported and the ASCII file. A one-to-many and many-to-one relation between ERP LN tables and ASCII files is possible.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Field relations, to specify how an ASCII file field must be filled with data from the ERP LN fields.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Ranges, to select records from an ERP LN table. Only records falling in the defined range are exported.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Export scripts which uses all basic data to generate and compile an export script.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Note><SectionTitle>
                                 Note
                              </SectionTitle>
			<List><ListItem>This module can only be used if the mandatory information of the Master Data is filled.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>It is necessary to generate the export script again when the basic data is changed.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</Note>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>
                              Related topics
                           </SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000001" role="manual">Introduction to the Exchange module</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000002" role="manual">Introduction to the master data business object</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
