{"id":22009,"date":"2018-04-11T08:43:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T08:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/?p=22009"},"modified":"2025-05-14T14:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:06:56","slug":"custom-fields-exporting-a-definition-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/custom-fields-exporting-a-definition-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Export a definition set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!----------------------------- Article Header Start - DO NOT REMOVE ------------------------------><\/p>\n<table class=\"article-header-table\" summary=\"Article Summary\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"qgkb-articleheader-table-header\">\n<td style=\"border-top: 5px solid currentColor;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><b>Summary:<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid currentColor;\" valign=\"top\">This article takes you through the steps to export a definition set.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"qgkb-articleheader-table-summary\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><b>Article Type:<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">How-To Guide, Technical Article<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"qgkb-articleheader-table-summary\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-bottom-style: solid;\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Related Product(s):<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid;\" valign=\"top\">This article relates to the following products:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paribus 365&#x2122;\u00a0Data Cleansing<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM<\/li>\n<li>Infor CRM \/ Saleslogix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-------------------------------------- Article Header End ---------------------------------------><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to export a definition set<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To export definition sets that can be imported into a new Paribus 365&#x2122; Control Database use the keys in combination:<\/p>\n<p>Ctrl+Alt+E<\/p>\n<p>After a few seconds the \u201cExport Definitions\u201d pane appears<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22010 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export.png\" alt=\"Export a Definition set\" width=\"570\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export.png 570w, https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export-300x245.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on the box to left-hand side of all items to be exported.<\/p>\n<p>Use the ellipse button to open up an explorer window.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export1.png\" alt=\"Custom fields - exporting a definition set steps\" width=\"567\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export1.png 567w, https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export1-300x42.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Navigate to a suitable location and enter a filename.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export2.png\" alt=\"Custom fields - Exporting a definition set steps\" width=\"967\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export2.png 967w, https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export2-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on \u201cSave\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export3.png\" alt=\"Custom fields - exporting a definition set steps\" width=\"570\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export3.png 570w, https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/custom_field_export3-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on \u201cExport\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This generates a file with the extension \u201c.pds\u201d which can be imported into a new Paribus 365&#x2122; Control Database.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-bottom: none;\" summary=\"Article Summary\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"qgkb-articleheader-table-summary\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-width: 3px; border-top-style: solid;\" valign=\"top\"><strong>\u00a0Related Resources:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75%; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid;\" valign=\"top\">\n<ul>\n<li>None<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"qgkb-articleheader-table-summary\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid #e6e6e6;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"line-height: 14px; font-size: 14px;\">Further Information:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid #e6e6e6;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/\">Paribus Help Center Menu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/help\/paribus-discovery\/faqs\/\">Paribus 365 Data Cleansing FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/help\/paribus-discovery\/troubleshooting\/\">Paribus 365 Data Cleansing Troubleshooting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/help\/paribus-discovery\/how-to-guides\/\">Paribus 365 Data Cleansing How-To Guides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/help\/paribus-discovery\/technical-articles\/\">Paribus 365 Data Cleansing Technical Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/help\/paribus-discovery\/documents\/\">Paribus 365 Data Cleansing Document Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-------------------------------------- Article Footer End ---------------------------------------><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-22009\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/custom-fields-exporting-a-definition-set\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-22009\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/custom-fields-exporting-a-definition-set\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paribuscloud.com\/help\/custom-fields-exporting-a-definition-set\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: This article takes you through the steps to export a definition set. 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