What to do in order to export information from Lotus Notes or Domino?
Below are three easy steeps which are the base of the process of information export.
- Decide on what needs to be exported.
- Lotus Notes database contain a lot of information. It is not only the content you see but also various internal Notes information such as dates (for instance dates of modification), names (for instance all those who had modified the document), numbers, formats and so on. You would need to explore few sample documents from your database before deciding on which fields to be exported. For more information please see FAQ section on Lotus Notes fields.
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- Determine how exported information shall be used.
- Exported information could be used in many different ways. It could be export of client information, library documents, server logs, mails, calendar entries, todos, contacts and so on. You may export information as rtf file. Then it could be edited with external text processor. The only requirements - it should understand rtf format. Or, you may decide to export into csv file. This information is suitable for loading into database or electronic tables program.
- Ready Exporter on the computer.
- Download and unzip Exporter on the computer where source database is located. This computer should have installation of the Lotus Notes v6 or later. Run Exporter and follow easy three step process in order to export needed information.