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# Generate code to create Excel and CSV reports

Generate an Excel or CSV file each time you run your code.

### Why generate export code

Sometimes, you don't want to just download a snapshot of the current dataframe within Mito - you want to create code that takes one of these dataframes and saves it to a CSV or Excel file. This can be particularly useful if you're automating a full analysis within Mito.

### How to generate export code

1. Open the `Home` tab in the Mito toolbar.
2. Click the `Export` dropdown then select `Download File When Running Code`.
3. Change the `File Name` to the name of the file to save. 
4. Select the export format, either `CSV` or `Excel` files.
5. Select the dataframes you want to include in the export. 
   1. Note that if you select multiple dataframes when exporting as a CSV, Mito will automatically create distinct files for each.
6. Click the `Generate Export Code` button. 
   1. This saves the exported file to disk, and also generates code that will export a file with the same configuration as well.

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