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 FirstName, LastName INTO [csv://Employee.txt] FROM [Employee] WHERE EmployeeId = '1234'

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 FirstName, LastName INTO [csv://Employee.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [Employee] WHERE EmployeeId = '1234'

C#

String connectionString = "InitiateOauth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientID=YourClientId;OAuthClientSecret=YourClientSecret;RSAPublicKey=YourRSAPubKey;Key=YourKey;IV=YourIV;";

using (PaylocityConnection connection = new PaylocityConnection(connectionString)) {
  PaylocityCommand cmd = new PaylocityCommand("SELECT FirstName, LastName INTO [csv://Employee.txt] FROM [Employee] WHERE EmployeeId = '1234' ", connection);
  int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
} 

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As [String] = "InitiateOauth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientID=YourClientId;OAuthClientSecret=YourClientSecret;RSAPublicKey=YourRSAPubKey;Key=YourKey;IV=YourIV;" 

Using connection As New PaylocityConnection(connectionString)
  Dim cmd As New PaylocityCommand("SELECT FirstName, LastName INTO [csv://Employee.txt] FROM [Employee] WHERE EmployeeId = '1234'", 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 = "InitiateOauth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientID=YourClientId;OAuthClientSecret=YourClientSecret;RSAPublicKey=YourRSAPubKey;Key=YourKey;IV=YourIV;";

using (PaylocityConnection connection = new PaylocityConnection(connectionString)) {
  PaylocityCommand cmd = new PaylocityCommand("SELECT * INTO [Employee] IN [csv://filename=c:/Employee.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Employee] WHERE EmployeeId = '1234'", connection);
  int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
} 

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As [String] = "InitiateOauth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientID=YourClientId;OAuthClientSecret=YourClientSecret;RSAPublicKey=YourRSAPubKey;Key=YourKey;IV=YourIV;" 

Using connection As New PaylocityConnection(connectionString)
  Dim cmd As New PaylocityCommand("SELECT * INTO [Employee] IN [csv://filename=c:/Employee.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Employee] WHERE EmployeeId = '1234'", connection)
  Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
End Using