Zoho DataPrep supports exporting data to DropBox, a file hosting service. Dropbox offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software.
1. Click the Export now option from the Export menu in the DataPrep Studio page.
3.
If your data has columns with personal data, you can choose to include or exclude some or all of them in the
PII columns
section.
You can also apply the necessary security methods below to protect your personal data column:
A. Data masking
Data masking hides original data with 'x' to protect personal information.
B. Data Tokenization
Data tokenization replaces each distinct value in your data with a random value. Hence the output is statistically identical to the original data.
C. None
You can select None if you do not want to use any security method.
4. C lick Next and select the DropBox option in the Choose a cloud storage service section.
6. You will need to authenticate DropBox when you try connecting to DropBox for the first time. Click the Authenticate DropBox button to authenticate your account with your credentials.
7.
You can choose to export the dataset in any of these supported file formats:
CSV, TSV, JSON, XLS, XLSX, and XML formats.
8.
Select the required option from the
File export option
. You can choose to
Add as new version
or
Add as new file
during export.
9. You can also click the
Advanced options
link for the following options.
You can encode the file using character encoding methods like UTF-8 using the File encoding option.
You can use a Row Separator such as UNIX (Line Feed) or MAC (Carriage Return) to ensure the line endings are translated properly.
You can distinguish the point at which the content of a text field begins and ends using Text qualifiers such as Single Quote(') or Double Quote(").
You can separate out the data or split using a Delimiter such as a Comma(,) , Semicolon(;) , or a Space .
Use the Compress file option to save your export as a .zip file.
You can also encrypt the file and protect it using a password
before export.
10. Navigate to the folder you want to place the file in and click
Export
.
Note: You can also export files to your shared folders in DropBox.
11.
You
can
schedule the export by clicking the
Configure schedule>
link
that appears
after successful export.
SEE ALSO
How to import data from DropBox into Zoho DataPrep
?
What other cloud storage options are available in Zoho DataPrep?
What other export options are available?
Learn about scheduling export.
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