# Archiving data vs exporting

**URL:** <https://forums.losant.com/t/archiving-data-vs-exporting/3152>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** devices\
**Created:** [July 27, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/archiving-data-vs-exporting/3152 "2020-07-27T17:51:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lars\_Andersson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@Lars\_Andersson](https://forums.losant.com/u/Lars_Andersson)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/archiving-data-vs-exporting/3152/1 "2020-07-27T17:51:42Z")

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When using the AWS archiving feature, will the file layout be the same as when exporting device data?  
(Assuming the same attributes are selected of course)

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**Author:** ![anaptfox](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/anaptfox/32/873_2.png) [@anaptfox](https://forums.losant.com/u/anaptfox)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/archiving-data-vs-exporting/3152/4 "2020-07-27T19:27:14Z")

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@Lars_Andersson,

In terms of formatting, they should be identical. However, there are other slight differences. For example, archiving is one file per device and exporting can have multiple devices in a single file.