Batch Export Collection

Owned by Ima Oduok
Apr 13, 2023
2 min read

  • Login to Repository  

  • Move the cursor over the symbol of a document with an arrow pointing to the right of it at the upper left-hand corner of the screen and left-click 

  • Select the Batch Export (ZIP) option 

  • Use the pop-up search bar or scroll through the list to select the collection you want to export 

  • Once you select a collection, a confirmation pop-up will ask you to confirm your selection by clicking Cancel or Export 

  • After you click Export, the screen will redirect to the Process status page  

Note: The default size limit is 200 MB when exporting a collection through the user interface. If exporting through the command line, there is not a size limit. 

  • You may have to refresh the page to see the Status change from RUNNING to COMPLETED 

  • Once the process has completed, a link to a downloadable .zip output file will become available on the screen 

  • Choose where you want to save the saf-export.zip folder on your computer 

Note: You may want to rename the exported zip folder to correspond to the collection. Each time you batch export a collection, the default file name will be the same. 

The .log file contains information on the export process. This may be beneficial for troubleshooting in case the process fails. 

  • Once you open the export .zip, you will see a directory with each numbered folder corresponding to an item from the collection 

  • Item contents will include the item file itself, as well as metadata, licenses, and permanent handle identifier.