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title: Exports overview
slug: data-platform/api/exports-overview
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createdAt: 2026-06-24T13:31:23.000Z
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The Exports API is an asynchronous API that enables you to export your data to s3 buckets.

The exports endpoint has two distinct behaviors, depending on whether the `objects` field or the `select` field has been used.

| Field Used | Behavior                                                            |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `select`   | Filtered export of the object against which this filter is applied. |
| `objects`  | Full export of the objects named in this array.                     |

Select provides a simple JSON syntax for selecting certain fields and filtering that can span several related Objects. Filters support conjunctions (and & or) to any depth and field comparisons include all the operators necessary for simple SQL-like "where" clause filtering.

## Segment member export

Information fields that can be exported for segment members include `zaius_id`, `qualifications`, and fields from the customer dimension related to each qualified segment member.

## Completion

After triggering your export by calling the POST exports endpoint, you can determine when your job has been completed in two ways:

1. Check the bucket specified in your export response for a file called `complete.json`, which will be written upon completion.
2. Make a request to the GET exports/ endpoint with the export id returned from the export response and look for state `completed`.

## Access Amazon S3

To learn how to access your exports within Amazon S3, see [Import and export files using Amazon S3](#).