Export / Import

Export your data models or import from files

Export Data Models
Select Project
Select Models (leave unchecked to export all)

Select a project first

Export Format
DDL Options
Documentation Options
Export Formats
JSON

Full machine-readable export with all data. Can be re-imported later.

Markdown

Human-readable documentation in Markdown format.

HTML

Self-contained HTML documentation with styling.

SQL DDL

CREATE TABLE statements for your database dialect.

Import Data
Target Project
Select the project to import data into
Upload File

Drag & drop a file here or click to browse

Supports: JSON, CSV, Excel, SQL DDL, Swagger
Import Options
Supported Formats
Datada JSON

Native Datada JSON export format with models, entities, attributes, and relationships

.json
Swagger/OpenAPI

OpenAPI 3.x and Swagger 2.0 specification files

.json .yaml .yml
Apache Avro

Apache Avro data files (.avro) and schema files (.avsc)

.avro .avsc
SQL DDL

SQL Data Definition Language files with automatic dialect detection using sqlglot

.sql .ddl
CSV

CSV (Comma-Separated Values) files - one file becomes one entity

.csv .tsv
Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel files (.xlsx, .xls) - each sheet becomes an entity

.xlsx .xls
dbt Manifest

dbt manifest.json files with full lineage extraction

.json
Apache Parquet

Apache Parquet columnar storage files with schema detection

.parquet .pq .parq
Delta Lake

Delta Lake table schema from _delta_log JSON files

.json
Generic JSON

Generic JSON files with automatic schema inference

.json .jsonl .ndjson
Generic XML

Generic XML files with automatic schema inference

.xml .xsd
Apache ORC

Apache ORC (Optimized Row Columnar) files with schema detection

.orc