# Export: Data Caterer

> Export a data contract to a Data Caterer data-generation task.

#  Export: Data Caterer

Converts the data contract to a data-generation task in YAML that can be ingested by [Data Caterer](https://github.com/data-catering/data-caterer). This lets you generate production-like data in any environment based on your contract.

{/* AUTOGENERATED EXAMPLE: do not edit by hand; regenerate with the update script. */}

```bash
datacontract export data-caterer orders.odcs.yaml
```

Running this against the [example `orders` contract](https://github.com/datacontract/datacontract-cli/blob/main/examples/orders/orders.odcs.yaml) produces:

```yaml
name: Orders
steps:
- name: orders
  type: snowflake
  options: {}
  fields:
  - name: order_id
    type: string
    options:
      isUnique: true
      isPrimaryKey: true
  - name: order_timestamp
    type: timestamp
  - name: customer_id
    type: string
  - name: order_total
    type: double
  - name: status
    type: string
- name: line_items
  type: snowflake
  options: {}
  fields:
  - name: line_item_id
    type: string
    options:
      isUnique: true
      isPrimaryKey: true
  - name: order_id
    type: string
  - name: sku
    type: string
  - name: quantity
    type: integer
```

{/* END AUTOGENERATED EXAMPLE */}

You can further customize generation by adding [additional metadata in the YAML](https://data.catering/latest/docs/generator/data-generator/).

All options: **[`datacontract export data-caterer`](../commands/export/data-caterer.md)**.