Answers.Body: <p>You should be able to do so by using API directly. cf. <code>https://yourdomain.org/civicrm/api/explorer</code> and use <code>Entity = Note</code> and <code>Action = get</code></p>
  
  <p>If you want to have it in a csv format, you could use the command line script provided in CiviCRM <code>bin/csv/export.php</code></p>
  
  <p>You will find the information about this script here : <a href="https://civicrm.org/blog/xavier/new-tools-to-automate-the-configuration-and-stagingproduction-migration" rel="nofollow">https://civicrm.org/blog/xavier/new-tools-to-automate-the-configuration-and-stagingproduction-migration</a></p>
  
  <p>So you should be able to do what you want we a command line like :</p>
  
  <pre><code>php /full/path/to/bin/csv/export.php -u"user" -p"password" -s"yourdomain.org" Note &gt; notes.csv
  </code></pre>
  
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Body: <p>So I'm new to using CiviCRM and I'm having some difficulty exporting my contacts properly. More specifically, I am unable to export all of the notes from a few of the contacts. I have been using the Select Fields for Export option and have selected several fields, including the Notes field. When I open the resulting CSV file I have found that only a few of the notes were actually exported. The notes are quite extensive (the person who made them originally wrote mini-novels on each contact) and, from what I have read online, this causes a problem. From what I have gathered it looks like the notes cut off when they reach some sort of a character limit. My question is: is there a way to export all of the notes, in their entirety, without loss of information, or is there some sort of a "hidden" character limit for fields?</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/7hDTY.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/7hDTY.png" alt="Screenshot of one of the notes created by the original user."></a></p>
  
  <p>There are 29 more for this contact alone.</p>
  
  <p>I've blurred the actual text for confidentiality.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any help.</p>
  
Tags: <contacts><export>
Title: Exporting Notes for Contacts Resulting in Incomplete Notes
ThreadText: # Exporting Notes for Contacts Resulting in Incomplete Notes
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-22)
  
  So I'm new to using CiviCRM and I'm having some difficulty exporting my contacts properly. More specifically, I am unable to export all of the notes from a few of the contacts. I have been using the Select Fields for Export option and have selected several fields, including the Notes field. When I open the resulting CSV file I have found that only a few of the notes were actually exported. The notes are quite extensive (the person who made them originally wrote mini-novels on each contact) and, from what I have read online, this causes a problem. From what I have gathered it looks like the notes cut off when they reach some sort of a character limit. My question is: is there a way to export all of the notes, in their entirety, without loss of information, or is there some sort of a "hidden" character limit for fields?
  
  [![Screenshot of one of the notes created by the original user.](https://i.sstatic.net/7hDTY.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/7hDTY.png)
  
  There are 29 more for this contact alone.
  
  I've blurred the actual text for confidentiality.
  
  Thanks for any help.
  
  **Tags:** contacts, export
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-05-30. Score: 1
  
  You should be able to do so by using API directly. cf. `https://yourdomain.org/civicrm/api/explorer` and use `Entity = Note` and `Action = get`
  
  If you want to have it in a csv format, you could use the command line script provided in CiviCRM `bin/csv/export.php`
  
  You will find the information about this script here : <https://civicrm.org/blog/xavier/new-tools-to-automate-the-configuration-and-stagingproduction-migration>
  
  So you should be able to do what you want we a command line like :
  
  ```
  php /full/path/to/bin/csv/export.php -u"user" -p"password" -s"yourdomain.org" Note > notes.csv
  
  ```
  
  
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