About downloading Dataviews
If you have access to a large number of employees or locations you can run a Dataview that returns data for all employees or locations. If the data exceeds the display limitations of a Dataview, you can download that data to a file using a Download button to download the data returned by the Dataview to a CSV file. This feature prevents the need to use multiple Hyperfinds to limit the data returned in a Dataview. It is available for employee and business structure Dataviews.
Users with proper permissions (from Function Access Profile > Everyone > Downloads) can bypass service limits and be prompted to initiate the data download. With default tenant configurations, the Dataview Download option is triggered when the request is for greater than 3500 employees or 300 locations.
- The Downloads functionality should only be given to users who must gain access to a large set of information in a single request. Service limits are safe constraints placed on data to prevent performance degradation.
- With default tenant configurations, users are permitted a maximum of 1 active download and tenants are permitted a maximum of 50 active downloads. These constraints are placed on the Downloads functionality in order to maintain high performance standards.