Export and return files

Select Save, or press ⌘/Ctrl + Enter, when you are ready to return your work. You can export before every record is finished.

Locate the files in Finder or File Explorer, then return them through your project's agreed process. Select image to enlarge.

Two files

Exports are written beside the input file. For an input named batch-01.csv:

Filename	Contents
batch-01-output.csv	Complete records, using the configured output columns
batch-01-remaining.csv	Unfinished records, using the original input columns

No remaining file is written when every record is complete. The output contains only columns the administrator configured, which may include copied IDs, your session answers, and timestamps.

Remaining records are not saved answers

The remaining file contains source records. It does not include answers you entered on partially completed records. A successful export also clears the saved session. If you need to keep those unfinished answers, continue labeling or pause and resume the same session before exporting.

Hand your work back

1. Check the exported and remaining counts on the Done screen.
2. Select Show in Finder (macOS) or Show in File Explorer (Windows) to locate each file.
3. Send both files to your preparer, if both exist. Include the assignment or batch name.
4. Keep your copies until your preparer confirms receipt.

Someone else can open the remaining file with the same configuration and begin a new pass. MLabel does not upload files or notify your preparer automatically.

A second export is refused

MLabel refuses to overwrite existing export files. If you need to export again, move the previous files to an archive folder, then select Save again. Confirm which version your preparer should use so both exports are not counted as separate submissions.

After exporting

Keep editing returns to the records with the answers still in memory. A subsequent edit starts saving a fresh session. If you quit immediately after export, that in-memory work is not a resumable session; the exported files are what remains on disk.

Label another file returns to the file picker.

Both files, or neither

If one export write fails, MLabel rolls back the other write. An error leaves the saved session intact. Check free disk space and folder permissions, then try again.

What round-trips, and what doesn’t

Remaining files preserve source cell values, column order, and the detected CSV dialect. Formatting details such as original quotation marks, blank lines, header padding, and a byte-order mark may change. Use a CSV reader to compare values rather than expecting identical file bytes.