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title: Purview Audit Export Action
description: This guide will show an administrator how to view active and completed audit searches that have been initiated within the Purview portal as well as the ability to export returned data if desired.
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# Purview Audit Export Action

## This guide will show an administrator how to view active and completed audit searches that have been initiated within the Purview portal as well as the ability to export returned data if desired.

### **![](https://knowledge.sittadel.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-19-2024-04-04-16-2156-PM.png?width=125&height=133&name=image-png-Jan-19-2024-04-04-16-2156-PM.png)Role Requirements**

Procedure Scope: **Administrators**

Required Group Membership: **Admin.Security**

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**Purview Audit Search Export Action**

1. Navigate to the [Search – Purview](https://purview.microsoft.com/audit/auditsearch) portal, we will want to scroll down to the bottom of the page to view the list of all active and completed audit searches that have been initiated by administrators within your organization. The information associated with each search job includes **Search name**, **Job status**, **Progress (%)**, **Search time**, **Total results**, **Creation time**, and **Search performed by**.  
   ![](https://knowledge.sittadel.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-20-2025-05-39-30-4218-PM.png?width=670&height=354&name=image-png-Jan-20-2025-05-39-30-4218-PM.png)
2. To view details about a search job, select the search job. The information associated with the individual items gathered in the search job results include **Date (UTC)**, **IP Address** (if applicable), **User**, **Record type**, **Activity**, **Item**, **Admin Units**, and **Details**. If you would like to export all search job items to perform an investigation on the returned data, you can select **Export** to save a .csv file.  
   ![](https://knowledge.sittadel.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-13-2024-01-30-21-2769-AM.png?width=670&height=355&name=image-png-Dec-13-2024-01-30-21-2769-AM.png)

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