# CsvWriter Task Parameters

The parameters in this section customize the `CsvWriter` task.

This task writes document metadata and content to a comma-separated values (CSV) file, so that you can export the data to other systems.

The task always writes the document reference (`DREREFERENCE`) and content (`DRECONTENT`) fields, and you can choose the other fields to include by setting the CsvWriterFieldNamesN parameter. The task writes the field names, followed by one line of values for each document that is ingested.

You can configure the `CsvWriter` task as a Pre, Post, Update or Delete task.

To run the task with default settings, use the `Pre`, `Post`, `Update`, or `Delete` parameter to specify the file name for the output file:

    [ImportTasks]
    Post0=CsvWriter:MyTask.csv

Alternatively, specify the name of a section in the configuration file that contains the settings for the task:

    [ImportTasks]
    Post0=CsvWriter:CsvWriting

    [CsvWriting]
    CsvWriterFilename=MyTask.csv
    CsvWriterMaxSizeKBs=1000
    CsvWriterArchiveDirectory=./CSVarchive
    CsvWriterFieldNames0=A_FIELD
    CsvWriterFieldNames1=A_FIELD/subfield
    CsvWriterFieldNames2=A_FIELD/@attribute

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