Using Export to Excel file Use this procedure to activate and use the Export to Excel file button on the search result tab. Complete any of these tasks: See Searching by system configuration. See Searching by component. See Search by TextSearch 2.0. On the Search result tab, click Export to Excel icon. On the export window, select any of these tasks: Open the file on MS Excel, Save the file to the computer, or Cancel to disregard export to excel.