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If using Windows, we recommend using 7-Zip to unzip the exported labels.
Connect an Export stage to your Workflow to automatically sync labels to your cloud storage as tasks move through it. Every task that passes through the Export stage is synced to your chosen storage destination. Once the sync completes, tasks automatically continue to the next stage in your Workflow. This allows you to build a fully automated labeling pipeline, from task creation through to label delivery, without any manual exports.

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Prerequisites

  1. Automatically exporting labels to cloud storage requires at least one cloud integration to be set up. Learn how to set up cloud integrations here.
  2. Your cloud storage integration must have write permissions enabled for the export to work. If you have an existing integration, ensure the integration you plan to use for export has write permissions before connecting it to the Export stage.

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Setup

When editing, or creating a Workflow:
  1. Add and connect an Export stage to your Workflow.
  2. Click the Export stage to open its configuration panel.
  3. Select the cloud storage integration you want to export to from the dropdown menu.
  1. Add a path to export to within your cloud storage. This is the folder path where labels are be exported to.

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Export Labels Manually

Only Project admins can export labels
Descriptions of all information contained in the export file can be found in the export file reference.
To export labels for specific tasks:
  1. Select the tasks
  2. Click Bulk actions
  3. Select Export
  1. Click Export while in a Project. The Export labels dialog appears.
  2. Specify the following:
    • Format: Specify the format to export the labels (JSON or COCO).
    • Stage: Specify the Workflow stage to export the labels from.
    • Generate signed URLs: Specify whether to generate signed URLs for the data units that have labels.
    Enabling this option can significantly increase export times.
    • Save as new version: Specify to version the labels.
      • Provide a meaningful name for the label version.
    • Labels to include: Specify the labels to include. You can export all labels or select specific object or classification labels to export.
  3. Click Export. A Labels export in progress toast message appears.

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Data Group Label Format Options

When exporting labels, you can choose between two data group label formats:
  • New: The recommended format that organizes data group labels in the parent row for improved structure and performance.
  • Legacy: The previous format that places data group labels in children rows. This option is available for backward compatibility.
The New format is selected by default and is recommended for all new exports. The Legacy format will be removed in a future update.
The Data Group label format option appears in the export configuration dialog alongside other export settings like format type and workflow stage selection.