Before you start exporting data, you must first increase the
number of listings in the Grid. The
IRESIS default is to limit the number of listings in the Grid to 100. This means you will only be able to
export 100 records. The procedure
below shows you how to increase the number of listings in the Grid to 400 (the
maximum allowed). You will only
need to change the setting one time.
After you login, use the
button to go to the User screen. Then use the
button to go to the Preferences
screen. You will see a screen as
shown below.

Once you have this screen, find the “Number of Listing in Grid” option. Place ‘400’ in the blank box and select it as shown below. Then scroll down and accept the changes by presssing the “Confirm Changes” button.

You are now ready to export data.
In selecting data from IRESIS be sure to select the options below:

On the “Status” option select the all the status options. Additionally, place the “Off Market Date” of 1/1/2008. Notice in this example we are looking for all the activity in the respective subdivision. Once we press the Search button, we see the result screen.

Notice that we have circled the “export” function. The export function will be used to export data to a file. When you select the export function (by pressing on it) the following dialog box will be displayed.

There are several different export formats that you can
select. To see all the different
export formats, press the “down
arrow” button. ![]()
When you press the down arrow button you will see several choices. Select the “Export66Fields” option.

Note: For the Buying Pattern application to work, you must select the Export66Fields format. If you select any other format, the Buying Pattern application will not recognize it.
Once you have selected the Export66Fields option you are ready to save the file. Press the “Export” button to save the file. When you press the button the following dialog box will be displayed.

Press the “Save” button to save the file. You will be able to save the file to a location on your computer. The file will be saved as a “.CFM” file type.
You will need to remember where you saved this file (and the name of the file) when you use the Buying Pattern Application.
Now that you have saved the results of your search in an export file, you are ready to run the Buying Pattern application.