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 Worker_Reference_WID, Legal_Name_Last_Name INTO [csv://[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers.txt] FROM [[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers] WHERE Legal_Name_Last_Name = 'Morgan'

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 Worker_Reference_WID, Legal_Name_Last_Name INTO [csv://[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers] WHERE Legal_Name_Last_Name = 'Morgan'

C#

String connectionString = "User=myuser;Password=mypassword;Tenant=mycompany;Host=https://wd3-impl-services1.workday.com";

using (WorkdayConnection connection = new WorkdayConnection(connectionString)) {
  WorkdayCommand cmd = new WorkdayCommand("SELECT Worker_Reference_WID, Legal_Name_Last_Name INTO [csv://[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers.txt] FROM [[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers] WHERE Legal_Name_Last_Name = 'Morgan' ", connection);
  int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
} 

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As [String] = "User=myuser;Password=mypassword;Tenant=mycompany;Host=https://wd3-impl-services1.workday.com" 

Using connection As New WorkdayConnection(connectionString)
  Dim cmd As New WorkdayCommand("SELECT Worker_Reference_WID, Legal_Name_Last_Name INTO [csv://[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers.txt] FROM [[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers] WHERE Legal_Name_Last_Name = 'Morgan'", 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 = "User=myuser;Password=mypassword;Tenant=mycompany;Host=https://wd3-impl-services1.workday.com";

using (WorkdayConnection connection = new WorkdayConnection(connectionString)) {
  WorkdayCommand cmd = new WorkdayCommand("SELECT * INTO [[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers] IN [csv://filename=c:/[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers] WHERE Legal_Name_Last_Name = 'Morgan'", connection);
  int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
} 

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As [String] = "User=myuser;Password=mypassword;Tenant=mycompany;Host=https://wd3-impl-services1.workday.com" 

Using connection As New WorkdayConnection(connectionString)
  Dim cmd As New WorkdayCommand("SELECT * INTO [[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers] IN [csv://filename=c:/[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [[CData].[Human_Resources].Workers] WHERE Legal_Name_Last_Name = 'Morgan'", connection)
  Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
End Using