# CSV column headers from query export: SP7

**URL:** <https://speciforum.org/t/csv-column-headers-from-query-export-sp7/498>\
**Category:** New Feature Requests\
**Created:** [May 12, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/csv-column-headers-from-query-export-sp7/498 "2022-05-12T19:14:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Plarson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/plarson/32/797_2.png) [@Plarson](https://speciforum.org/u/Plarson)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/csv-column-headers-from-query-export-sp7/498/1 "2022-05-12T19:14:27Z")

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When exporting query results to CSV, all column headers are the field names from the schema rather than the caption for those fields (e.g. “10.collectingevent.text4” rather than “Station number”). This request is to make the CSVs export with the captions so we don’t have to rename the columns every time we want to send data to someone.

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**Author:** ![Grant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/grant/32/4255_2.png) [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/csv-column-headers-from-query-export-sp7/498/2 "2024-03-21T16:28:54Z")

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For others asking the same question in the future, this was solved in [Specify 7.8.4](https://speciforum.org/t/specify-7-8-4-release-announcement/999#fixed-5)!

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**Author:** ![Grant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/grant/32/4255_2.png) [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/csv-column-headers-from-query-export-sp7/498/3 "2024-03-21T16:29:01Z")

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Closed on March 21, 2024, 4:29pm UTC