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CommCare HQ allows raw data to be exported in several different ways which are reviewed in this section.

See some tips and tricks for Excel analysis

Export Application Data

Vocabulary

Mobile user: The person submitting data.

Case: A record of anything you want to follow over time. Examples include pregnant women, households, water pumps, and a rice field.

Form: A way to collect information about a case at a specific point in time. Examples include pregnant women during delivery, the household's indoor air pollution before the implementation of improved cook stoves, water pump usage at 9 am, and a rice field at the start of the rainy season.

Export: Is the data output from CommCare HQ from all the forms submitted by FLWs or all the cases tracked by the FLWs?

Getting Started

Navigate to your workspace. On the top panel select Data.

There are three types of exports that you can download from CommCare HQ:

            1. Export Forms: the report will contain every submission by mobile workers for a specific form. These are called ‘’Export Submissions to Excel’’

            2. Case Exports: the report will contain the latest information about the cases. This is found under ‘’Export Cases, Referrals, and Users’’

            3. De-Identified Exports: the report will be a form where sensitive information (like identities) has been removed

There is also the ability to share export forms and Case reports between different users, this feature requires a 


There are also two additional types of exports that require you to have access to a Paid Plan. For more information, please see the following pages:

  1. Daily Saved Exports 

  2. Excel Dashboards

  3. Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Integration



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