# Export: Excel

> Export a data contract to an ODCS Excel template.

#  Export: Excel

Converts a data contract into an ODCS Excel template — a user-friendly spreadsheet for authoring, sharing, and managing data contracts.

```bash
datacontract export excel orders.odcs.yaml --output orders.xlsx
```

Running this against the [example `orders` contract](https://github.com/datacontract/datacontract-cli/blob/main/examples/orders/orders.odcs.yaml) produces an `orders.xlsx` workbook with the ODCS template sheets — fundamentals, servers, the `orders` and `line_items` schemas, quality, and service levels — pre-filled from the contract.

The Excel format enables:

- **User-friendly authoring** in Excel's familiar interface.
- **Easy sharing** as standard Excel files.
- **Collaboration** with non-technical stakeholders.
- **Round-trip conversion** back to YAML via [`import excel`](../imports/excel.md).

For the template structure, see the [ODCS Excel Template repository](https://github.com/datacontract/open-data-contract-standard-excel-template).

All options: **[`datacontract export excel`](../commands/export/excel.md)**.