Export Data From Simulation Data Inspector to Workspace or File

After you inspect, analyze, or compare your data in the Simulation Data Inspector, you can export the data to the workspace or to a MAT file, Microsoft^® Excel^® file, or Parquet file. You can export a selection of runs and signals, runs in the work area, or all runs in the Inspect pane, including the Archive.

To export a selection of runs and signals, select the data to export before clicking the export button . To select multiple signals, hold the Ctrl key. Selected signals are highlighted in the signal table. The check box selections for plotting data do not affect whether a signal is exported. In this example, only the x1 signals from Run 1 and Run 2 are exported.

Export Data to Workspace

When you export a single signal from the Simulation Data Inspector to the workspace, the signal data is stored in a timeseries object. When you export runs or multiple signals to the workspace, the data is stored in a Simulink.SimulationData.Dataset object.

Export Data to MAT File

MAT files are the native format for saving Simulink data and are convenient when you are working within the MATLAB environment.

To export data to a MAT file, in the Export dialog box, select File and specify a filename and location. By default, the Simulation Data Inspector exports data to a MAT file, as indicated by the MATLAB Data File (*.mat) option in the file extension drop-down list. When you export data to a MAT file, the Simulation Data Inspector stores a single exported signal is as a timeseries object, and stores runs or multiple signals in a Simulink.SimulationData.Dataset object.

Export Data to Microsoft Excel File

Export data to a Microsoft Excel file when you have smaller to medium-sized datasets that you want to share as a spreadsheet.

To export data to a Microsoft Excel file, in the Export dialog box, select File and choose the Excel Workbook (*.xlsx) extension. Specify a filename and browse to the location where you want to save the exported file. The data is stored using the format described in Microsoft Excel Import, Export, and Logging Format.

To specify additional settings for the format of the data in the exported Microsoft Excel file, click the options button . For example, if the filename you provided already exists, you can choose to overwrite the entire file or to only overwrite sheets containing data that corresponds to the exported data. You can also choose which metadata to include and whether signals with identical time data share a time column in the exported file.

Export Data to Parquet File

Parquet is an open-source file format with efficient compression and encoding of column-oriented data that is often used when processing big data. Export data to a Parquet file when you are working with big data that requires efficient storage and fast read and write performance.

To export data to a Parquet file, in the Export dialog box, select File and choose the Parquet (*.parquet) file extension. Specify a filename and location. Data is stored according to the schema described in Parquet File Logging Format for Simulation Data.

To specify settings specific to Parquet files, such as the compression style, time column configuration, and row group options, click the options button . For more information, see Export Data from Simulation Data Inspector to Parquet File.

Export Video Signal to MP4 File

You can export a 2-D or 3-D signal that contains RGB or monochrome video data to an MP4 file using the Simulation Data Inspector. For example, when you log a video signal in a simulation, you can export the data to an MP4 file and view the video using a video player. To export a video signal to an MP4 file:

1. Select the signal you want to export.

2. Click Export in the toolbar on the left, or right-click the signal and select Export.

3. In the Export dialog box, for Export, select Selected runs and signals. For To, select File.

4. Specify a filename and the path to the location where you want to save the file.

5. From the list, select MP4 video file, then click Export.

For the option to export to an MP4 file to be available:

• You must export only one signal at a time.

• The selected signal must be 2-D or 3-D and contain RGB or monochrome video data.

• The selected signal must be represented in the Simulation Data Inspector as a single signal with multidimensional sample values.

  You might need to convert the signal representation before exporting the signal data. For more information, see Analyze Multidimensional Signal Data.

• The data type for the signal values must be double, single, or uint8.

Exporting a video signal to an MP4 file is not supported for Linux^® operating systems.