Generate CSV link · Activation
Collects the records that reach this step and produces a CSV file to download. This is an end step.
When to use it
Use it when you want the results out of Ocean as a file — to share a list, load it elsewhere, or review a run.
What it does
It gathers every record that reaches the step across the run and produces a single CSV with their fields. The download link appears on the step in Activity.
Configure it
Columns — which upstream fields become columns, chosen from a searchable list grouped by the step that produced them. Leave it unset to include every field produced upstream; narrow it once you know which fields you actually need.
Add it at the end of a path. It collects whatever records arrive.
Cost
No credit cost. See Credits in workflows.
Gotchas
No file exists until the whole run finishes. This step waits for every record in the run before it writes anything, so there's nothing to download while a run is still in progress. If a run stops partway (for example, out of credits) before reaching this step, no file is produced — but Runs states why instead of leaving the step blank.
Records that failed or were dropped earlier never reach this step, so they're simply absent from the file — not included with an error marker. If your CSV has fewer rows than you expected, check Activity for records that failed or were dropped upstream. For a file that covers every enrolled record including failures, use a run's Download report on the Runs tab instead — this step only ever sees records that actually reached it.
The link only appears in Activity and Runs, on this step's row, once the file is ready — nothing is emailed or posted automatically. Ocean warns you at publish time if this step ends the workflow with nothing after it; add Notify if you want someone told the file is ready. See Publish, drafts, and versions.
Only fields produced by earlier steps can be added as columns — add the steps that produce what you need before this one.