Export financials as Excel or CSV file
Export the costs or baseline comparison data of your projects to share them with your stakeholders.
Before you begin
Role required: it_project_manager
Procedure
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Navigate to Workspaces > Project Workspace and open a project.
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Select Financials from the left menu.
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Select the Export option ([Omitted image "fin-export-option.png"] Alt text: Downward facing arrow indicating download option.).
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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_mmddyynaming convention. The breakdown of the naming convention:- name - fetches the first 10 characters from the name of the planning item.
- fin - denotes that the file has financial data.
- 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.
Parent Topic:Managing financials for your projects
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title: Export financials as Excel or CSV file
description: Export the costs or baseline comparison data of your projects to share them with your stakeholders.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/project-workspace/export-financials-pws.html
release: australia
product: Project Workspace
classification: project-workspace
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Manage financials, Project Workspace, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Export financials as Excel or CSV file
Export the costs or baseline comparison data of your projects to share them with your stakeholders.
## Before you begin
Role required: it\_project\_manager
## Procedure
1. Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Project Workspace** and open a project.
2. Select **Financials** from the left menu.
3. Select the Export option \(\[Omitted image "fin-export-option.png"\] Alt text: Downward facing arrow indicating download option.\).
4. 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.
**Parent Topic:**[Managing financials for your projects](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-workspace/using-financials-prj-wrkspc.md)
| title | Export financials as Excel or CSV file |
| description | Export the costs or baseline comparison data of your projects to share them with your stakeholders. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/project-workspace/export-financials-pws.html |
| release | australia |
| product | Project Workspace |
| classification | project-workspace |
| topic_type | task |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |
| breadcrumb | Manage financialsProject WorkspaceProject Portfolio ManagementStrategic Portfolio Management |