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# Scheduled Export

> Create a Scheduled Export automation to run a view's export steps on a schedule, whether or not the data changed. Open to every plan.

This page shows how to set up a Scheduled Export automation, which sends exports on a schedule, whether or not the data changed. Use it when a destination (a database, SFTP, Google Sheets, email and so on) must receive data at fixed times, not only after the data updates.

## How Scheduled Export works

Scheduled Export doesn't create exports. It runs export steps you have already added to views in the project. Each one runs exactly as it does after a data update: same destination, filters and columns.

- An export in a Scheduled Export still runs after its data updates too, unless you turn that off on the export.
- One automation can run several exports on the same schedule.
- Scheduled Export is open to every plan, so your plan's schedule limits don't apply to it.

Scheduled Export and Messaging are both under **Send data out**. Messaging emails a view as a CSV attachment. Scheduled Export runs any export step, including an email export, on its own schedule.

## Before you start

Add an export step to a view in the project first (see [Send to destinations](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/export-share/send-to-destinations/)). If there are none, the **Which exports** step shows **No exports to schedule yet** with the hint "Add an export step to a view in this project (SFTP, a database, Google Sheets, email…), then come back."

## Create a Scheduled Export automation

1. Open the **Automations** tab in the Data Library and click **New automation**.
2. Under **Send data out**, click **Scheduled Export**.
3. In the **Select exports** step (**Which exports**), tick the export steps to run. Each is listed by its destination and name, such as a database or **Live link** export.
4. In the **Set Schedule** step, pick **Day**, **Week**, **Month** or **Year** and the number next to **Repeat every**, set the **First run**, and optionally click **+ Add end date**. Scheduled Export always runs on a schedule, so there is no **Manual only** option. See [Scheduling](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/automations/scheduling/).
5. In the **Review & save** step, check the name Mammoth suggests (in the form "{name} to {destination}", or "{name} by email" for an email export) and edit it if you like.
6. Click **Save automation**.



## After creation

The automation appears in the Automations list with type **Scheduled Export** and status **Active**. Its summary lists the schedule and the exports it runs (in the form "{schedule}: 2 exports"). You can suspend, resume, run now, edit (exports, schedule, name, description) or delete it like any other automation. See [Managing automations](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/automations/managing-automations/).



## Troubleshoot Scheduled Export

### An export shows as deleted

If you delete an export step after scheduling it, the automation lists it as **(deleted)**. Edit the automation and remove it, or pick another export.

### The exports couldn't load

If the step shows **Couldn't load this project's exports. Close this and try again.**, close the window and start the automation again.

## Related pages

- [Automation types](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/automations/automation-types/)
- [Scheduling](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/automations/scheduling/)
- [Messaging](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/automations/messaging/)

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Source: https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/automations/scheduled-export.md · Updated: 2026-11-03