Exporting with or without a reference date
It is possible to create an export taking into account the reference date. You will only export business objects that exist on the reference date or take a snapshot of the data of a life cycle aware business object on that date.
If you do not specify a reference date for export, all life cycle data of a business object is exported. When exporting on a reference date, everything that is active on the reference date and later, for example space usages, will be exported.
 | Exporting a business object with all life cycles to CSV/Excel is not supported. Please always provide a reference date when exporting contract data to CSV/Excel. |
The export example displays an output containing life cycles in a contract.