Record Exporter

A robust export function is available to export the following record types to external files, along with all data related to the selected record:

Subjects Subjects are the objects you are gathering information about. In most cases with Clooz, this is people. However, Clooz supports several other types of subjects such as businesses, real estate/buildings, ships and artifacts. (People only)
Information Records Information Records in Clooz hold the content information coming from a document or other source. These differ from a Source record that contains most of the citation information describing the docment, or the Repository record referring to the facility or online service where the document was found.
Sources A source record in Clooz should be viewed as the higher level components of a source citation. Citation details are pulled from the citing Information Record.
Repositories Where a source document or item was found. This could be a physical library facility or online data provider.

In each case, only one record can be selected for export at a time and you are given control to fine-tune which data is exported as well as the actual content. Information Records, being the core data structure in Clooz, is typically connected to one or more Subjects, possible events and family relationships, and cited by a Source and Repository. Therefore, exporting Information Records includes all of these data types.

The export process is initiated by clicking Export Item on the context menu for records in the various main screen lists.

The external file which Clooz will export the data to is the one indicated as Primary in the External File A database or GEDCOM file independent of the currently open Clooz database. These usually support other family tree programs, although it could be a different Clooz database. Links list. The Primary file is indicated by the button in the Primary column being filled, and the row displayed in bold text.

If a Primary file is not selected, when the Record Exporter is initiated, a window will appear indicating a new GEDCOM file can be started. Otherwise you will need to go to the External File Links screen on the Home tab page to make a different Primary file selection. You can designate the new GEDCOM file as the Primary file for subsequent exports as well.

Data exported to GEDCOM files is added to any previous content in the file. Therefore, you may choose to go through a number of different record export operations before importing the GEDCOM file into the ultimate destination.

It is important to first establish Primary file designation for RootsMagic and Ancestral Quest targets. Even though the data is conveyed via a GEDCOM file, there are special features or actions included that would not occur if a generic GEDCOM file is being used.