Request/download an organization data export
CanvasRelay has an asynchronous organization export job with a one-request-per-day limit; completed downloads use a signed URL that expires after seven days.
What you may be seeing
- A user needs an organization-level data export, sees the export pending, hits the daily request limit, or has an expired download URL.
What usually causes it
- Exports are generated asynchronously as jobs rather than synchronously in the request.
- The API limits export creation to one per organization per day.
- A ready export's signed download URL is time-limited to seven days.
Do this
- Request an organization export from the supported account/privacy export flow or API.
- Check the returned export job until its status becomes ready; a failed job reports an error instead of a download URL.
- Download the ready export before its seven-day signed link expires.
- If you already requested an export that day, use/wait for that job instead of repeatedly creating new ones.
You know it is fixed when
- The export job reports ready and its signed download successfully retrieves the generated organization data archive before expiry.
Worth knowing
- The underlying export API exists even if a particular dashboard build does not expose a prominent button; Help should not invent a UI location that is not present.
Search phrases this guide covers
download my data · export organization · privacy export · data export link expired · export once per day · GDPR download
