You can use the SELECT INTO statement to export formatted data to a file.

Data Export with an SQL Query

The following query exports data into a file formatted in comma-separated values (CSV):

SELECT Id, Name INTO [csv://Tickets.txt] FROM [Tickets] WHERE Status = '2'

You can specify other formats in the file URI. The possible delimiters are tab, semicolon, and comma with the default being a comma. The following example exports tab-separated values:

SELECT Id, Name INTO [csv://Tickets.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [Tickets] WHERE Status = '2'

C#

String connectionString = "Domain=MyDomain;APIKey=myAPIKey;";

using (FreshDeskConnection connection = new FreshDeskConnection(connectionString)) {
  FreshDeskCommand cmd = new FreshDeskCommand("SELECT Id, Name INTO [csv://Tickets.txt] FROM [Tickets] WHERE Status = '2' ", connection);
  int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
} 

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As [String] = "Domain=MyDomain;APIKey=myAPIKey;" 

Using connection As New FreshDeskConnection(connectionString)
  Dim cmd As New FreshDeskCommand("SELECT Id, Name INTO [csv://Tickets.txt] FROM [Tickets] WHERE Status = '2'", connection)
  Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
End Using

You can specify other file formats in the URI. The following example exports tab-separated values:

C#

String connectionString = "Domain=MyDomain;APIKey=myAPIKey;";

using (FreshDeskConnection connection = new FreshDeskConnection(connectionString)) {
  FreshDeskCommand cmd = new FreshDeskCommand("SELECT * INTO [Tickets] IN [csv://filename=c:/Tickets.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Tickets] WHERE Status = '2'", connection);
  int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
} 

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As [String] = "Domain=MyDomain;APIKey=myAPIKey;" 

Using connection As New FreshDeskConnection(connectionString)
  Dim cmd As New FreshDeskCommand("SELECT * INTO [Tickets] IN [csv://filename=c:/Tickets.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Tickets] WHERE Status = '2'", connection)
  Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
End Using