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Exporting Content and Data from Explore & Monitor

Learn how to export content and data from Explore & Monitor.

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Written by Cheyenne V.
Updated today

Need access to your data outside of the Meltwater platform to create a report? Whether you're using PowerBI to mine content for patterns or you're relying on an offline process for building earned media reports, you can export data from Meltwater.

This article will cover:


Exporting From the Content Stream

You are able to export the articles, social posts, and clips directly from your content stream. A content stream can be found within an Explore search or a Monitor stream.

To export this content:

  1. Navigate to a content stream within an Explore search or Monitor

  2. Select the results via the tick box. If you are in Explore and have used the Select All option, please note the alert with a prompt to Select All.

  3. Select Download Options

  4. If you are in Explore,

    1. Select a Format

      1. CSV

      2. Excel

      3. PDF

    2. Select a Template

      1. Popular fields and metrics

      2. Legacy

        Note: Learn more about Details Included in Your Exports.

  5. Click Download

  6. If you are in Monitor, select from the following download options

    1. CSV Download (Selected Documents)

    2. CSV Download (All Documents)

    3. PDF Download (Selected Documents)

    4. PDF Download (All Documents)

  7. A spreadsheet or PDF file will be emailed to the address you use to log in.

  8. Alternatively, when your download is ready, you'll receive an alert icon at the top of your page.

  9. Select the Alerts icon in the top right-hand corner

  10. Click Download

The maximum size of results available to export is 20K results at a time to an Excel file and up to 500 results as a PDF. In order to support large-size reports (>10MB), we do not attach the report, but you can download it from the cloud by clicking the download link in the email or via alerts.

If your total results exceed 20K, you have two options for exporting:

  1. Click Download Options prior to selecting any results via the tick boxes, to display these options.

    1. Export the first 20K results

    2. Export a randomized sample of 20K results

Export the first 20K Results

This option will download the first 20K results available. Results are ordered based on your sort type and sort order. You can change your sort type and order by clicking the sorted by drop down, and selecting your preferred options.

Export a randomized sample of 20K results

This option will export a randomized 20K sample from your total results. Some things to note about random sampling.

  • How the data is randomized: Each result is randomly assigned a number between 0 and 1. Selection is then based on the percentage of results to include in the export, totaling 20K. For example, for 200K results, each result randomly assigned a number between 0 and 0.1 will be included so that 20K results are returned.

  • There are no special considerations used when randomly selecting results. All results are weighted equally.

  • Sampling will be evenly distributed across the selected time range. For example, if your results total 200K for a 10-day period, your export would include 2K results per day.

  • Each random sample export will return different results than the last. For example, if you export a random sample three times, you will have three different data sets.


Exporting from the Meltwater API

If you would like to automate your exports or export larger volumes of data, you can do both via the Meltwater API. Learn more about Exporting Your Data With the Meltwater API.


Troubleshooting: Exporting on a MAC Without Excel

When exporting data, after a few minutes, you will receive an email with a link provided to download its content. If your Safari browser is trying to open the file within the browser rather than downloading the file, please follow the below steps:

  1. Right click on the Download Report link in the email

  2. Navigate to Save Link As… and save the file to a location convenient for quick and easy access (Downloads folder or Desktop folder, for example).

  3. Copy the link in the email that is posted under the text You can also copy and paste the following URL into your browser and paste the link into another browser, such as Google Chrome or Firefox, which will then download the file automatically to their computer.

  4. Copy the contents that are displayed on the page and paste it into Excel manually.


Details Included in Your Exports

There are now two different export templates available from Explore:

Popular Fields and Metrics

Field Title

Field Description

Example Values

Date

Date when the document was published by the source

2023-05-24

Time

Time when the document was published by the source

2:30

Document ID

Unique ID of the document in the Meltwater platform

1713459776000_K49ugt285FchyyIqJ15D85lyR5wA

URL

URL of the document

Input Name

Search(es) or tag(s) that caused the document to match

My Brand Search

Keywords

Keywords that were found and led to the match

Tesla; Artificial Intelligence

Information Type

Information type of the source, for example 'news'

Broadcast, News, Social

Source Type

The type of the source, for example a forum

News : Print, Online news
Broadcast : TV, Radio
Social - Social networks, Blogs, Forums, Reviews, Comments, Podcasts

Source Name

The name of the source, for example New York Times

News - Name of the newspaper or similar
Broadcast - Name of the TV station, Radio station, etc.
Social - Name of the social network, Blog, Forum, etc.

Source Domain

Domain or subdomain for the source

Content Type

The type of content contained in the document

News - News Article

Broadcast - Audio, Video

Social post (including Reel, Story, etc.), Comment, Blog post, Microblog, Message board, Review, Video, Reply, Direct message, Repost

Author Name

Name of the document's author

John Smith

Author Handle

Handle of the document's author

@john_smith

Title

Title of the document

Today Joe Biden announced his plans for social care

Opening Text

Opening sentences of the document's content

In the past 20 years, the reverence for the film has only grown, to the point that Napoleon (Jon Heder), Pedro (Efren Ramirez) and Uncle ...

Hit Sentence

Sentence within the document that led to the match

..announced today that they plan to launch a new product featuring new AI capabilities...

Image

URL for the main image of a document

Hashtags

Hashtags within the document content

#sneakers; #ai

Links

Links within the document content

Country

Country where the document was published

United States

Region

Region where the document was published

Rhode Island

State

State where the document was published

Washington

City

City where the document was published

Seattle

Language

The language detected for the document content

French

Sentiment

Overall sentiment of the document

positive / negative / neutral

Keyphrases

Keyphrases found within the document content

Machine Learning; Sneakers

Reach

Reach for the document, for example number of followers for social authors, or estimate of number of visitors for a news site

13521

AVE

Advertising Value Equivalency of the document

60.2

Social Echo

Number of times an article has been shared on social networks

129

Editorial Echo

How many times the article has been referenced with a link in the body of a different article

543

Engagement

Total engagement for the social post or article

534

Shares

Number of times the document has been shared

12

Quotes

Number of times the document has been quoted

22

Likes

Number of times the document has been liked

115

Replies

Number of times the document has been replied to

12

Reposts

Number of times the document has been reposted

13

Comments

Number of times the document has been commented on

44

Reactions

Number of times the document has been reacted to

13

Views

Number of times the document has been viewed

12013

Estimated Views

Estimated views for a news article based on the reach of the source

13400

Document Tags

Tags applied to the document in the Meltwater application

My campaign, My CEO

Legacy

Field Title

Field Description

Example Values

Date

Time when the document was published by the source

2023-05-24

Headline

Title of the article

Look up to the sky for the Lyrid meteor shower and the full pink moon

URL

URL of the document

Opening Text

Opening sentences of the document's content

In the past 20 years, the reverence for the film has only grown, to the point that Napoleon (Jon Heder), Pedro (Efren Ramirez) and Uncle ...

Hit Sentence

Sentence within the document that led to the match

..announced today that they plan to launch a new product featuring new AI capabilities...

Source

Source name

Yahoo! News

Influencer

Author's full name (editorial) or X handle (X post)

John Smit (editorial)

@john_smith (X post)

Country

Country where the document was published

United States

Subregion

Subregion where the document was published

Northeast

Language

The language detected for the document content

French

Reach

Reach for the document, for example number of followers for social authors, or estimate of number of visitors for a news site

13521

Desktop Reach

Estimate of number of visitors for a news site using a desktop computer

2509

Mobile Reach

Estimate of number of visitors for a news site using a mobile device

8403

Twitter Social Echo

Real-time number of social shares for any X Post

0

Facebook Social Echo

Real-time number of social shares for any Facebook Post

0

Reddit Social Echo

Real-time number of social shares for any Reddit post

0

National Viewership

The national audience size for the source.

7954

Engagement

Total engagement for the social post or article

534

AVE

Advertising Value Equivalency of the document

60.2

Sentiment

Overall sentiment of the document

Positive/ Negative/ Neutral

Key Phrases

Keyphrases found within the document content

Machine Learning; Sneakers

Input Name

Search(es) or tag(s) that caused the document to match

My Brand Search

Keywords

Keywords that were found and led to the match

Tesla; Artificial Intelligence

Twitter Authority

The relative authority score for the author, based on the author’s follower count, with a high follower count generating a high authority score

7

Tweet ID

The ID of the post on X

"1803847914219008127"

Twitter Client

The client used by the author when creating the post on X

Twitter Screen Name

User's X handle

@john_smith

User Profile URL

The URL for the users social network profile

Twitter Bio

Information added to the X author's profile

Helping innovators uncomplicate data storage, forever.

Twitter Followers

Number of X follower's the author has

3890

Twitter Following

Number of X handles the author is following

125

Alternate Date Format

Variation of the date when the document was published by the source (20-Jun-24)

20-Jun-24

Time

Time when the document was published by the source

2:30

State

State where the document was published

Washington

City

City where the document was published

Chicago

Social Echo Total

Helps you understand the real-time number of social shares for any editorial document. This tool will provide you with a volume of social media interactions (such as posts, shares, reposts, etc) with a specific online news article. Learn more about Social Echo.

24

Editorial Echo

Indicates how many times the article is referenced with a hyperlink in the body of a different article.

543

Views

Number of times the document has been viewed

12013

Likes

Number of times the document has been liked

115

Replies

Number of times the document has been replied to

12

Comments

Number of times the document has been commented on

44

Shares

Number of times the document has been shared

12

Reactions

Number of times the document has been reacted to

13

Threads

Number of comments or replies to a document

7

Is Verified

Whether the author is marked as authorized by the social network

True/Flase

Parent URL

The URL of the parent document, for example if this document is a reply

Document Tags

Tags applied to the document in the Meltwater application

Learn more about PR Metrics.

Additional information about expanded engagement data by source:

  • News - Social Echo Total, Editorial Echo

  • X (formerly Twitter)- Is Verified, Replies, reposts, likes

  • Reddit - Threads, reactions

  • TikTok - Shares, threads, reactions

  • YouTube - No engagement data, due to terms of service restrictions

  • Facebook - Comments, shares, reactions

  • Instagram - Threads, reactions


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