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title: Export financials as Excel or CSV file
description: Export the costs or baseline comparison data of your planning items to easily share them with your stakeholders.
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product: Scenario Planning in SPW
classification: scenario-planning-in-spw
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Manage financials for planning items, Portfolio Planning in Strategic Planning Workspace, Strategic Planning, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Export financials as Excel or CSV file

Export the costs or baseline comparison data of your planning items to easily share them with your stakeholders.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_align\_ws.spw\_financial\_user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Strategic Planning Workspace** and select portfolio plan.

2.  Select a planning item from the Planning module.

3.  Select the **Financials** tab.

4.  Select the Export option \(\[Omitted image "fin-export-option.png"\] Alt text: Downward facing arrow indicating download option.\).

5.  In the Export side panel, select **Excel** or **CSV** from the File type list and select the **Export** button \(\[Omitted image "fin-export-button.png"\] Alt text: Export button.\).

    The financials data is download as an Excel or CSV file with `name_fin_mmddyy` naming convention. The breakdown of the naming convention:

    1.  name - fetches the first 10 characters from the name of the planning item.
    2.  fin - denotes that the file has financial data.
    3.  mmddyy - system date format when you're exporting this data.
    For example, if you're downloading financials data for a planning item named Documentation on January 26, 2024, then the file name reads `documentat_fin_012624`.

    **Note:** You can export financials data from Cost view and Baselines comparison view.