.. _auto_responses_to_csv:

*THIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO WRITE A SET OF RESPONSES OF TYPE CURVES INTO CSV*
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Serializes a collection of response curves into a CSV file for downstream consumption or archival. Supports optional resampling (digitization) to a fixed number of points and a single shared time-column layout. Use this worker whenever you need a portable, human-readable export of multi-channel curve data.

When to use
-----------

Classification: **process**.

Tagged: ``csv``, ``curves``, ``digitize``, ``export``, ``responses``, ``time-history``, ``transformations``.

Inputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Default
     - Required
     - Description
   * - File Name
     - file_name
     - string
     - Responses.csv
     - 
     - Name of the output CSV file (e.g. 'Responses.csv'); leave as default 'Responses.csv' if no specific filename is required.
   * - Curves To Be Exported
     - curvestobeexported
     - vector
     - —
     - 
     - One or more response curves (vector/curve type) to be written to the CSV; connect the upstream curve outputs here.
   * - Output Only One Time Column
     - outputonlyonetimecolumn
     - string
     - no
     - 
     - When set to 'yes', a single shared time column is written instead of one time column per curve; use 'yes' only when all curves share an identical time axis.
   * - Digitize The Curves Before Exporting
     - digitizethecurvesbeforeexporting
     - string
     - no
     - 
     - Resamples each curve to a fixed number of evenly-spaced points (100, 200, 500, or 1000) before export; leave as 'no' to preserve the original resolution.

Outputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Description
   * - responses_to_csv_output_1
     - responses_to_csv_output_1
     - textarea
     - Path or content reference to the generated CSV file containing the exported curve data, with columns for time and amplitude of each response channel.

Disciplines
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- cae.postprocessing.extraction
- data.curve.transform
- data.io.csv

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