---
title: "Downloading a Template"
description: "Download an empty template or one pre-filled with selected or all records, with the fields you choose, from Manage Master Data Objects."
source: "https://help.rikaiso.com/public-cloud/2026.2/downloading-a-template"
edition: "public-cloud"
editionLabel: "S/4HANA Public Cloud"
version: "2026.2"
latest: true
language: "en"
section: "Working with Master Data > Preparing Changes with a Template File"
updated: "2026-11-05"
---

# Downloading a Template

> Download an empty template or one pre-filled with selected or all records, with the fields you choose, from Manage Master Data Objects.

> **Draft brief for authors.** Replace with the final text; keep the task-page structure.

**Page type:** Task · **Audience:** Viewer and up

**Contains**

1. Open the object's tab and, if you want pre-filled records, filter or select them.
2. Download Template → the dialog: Empty template / Selected records / All records (up to 5,000); the default the dialog picks.
3. Fields in Template: Fields in Current View / All Available Fields; the detail columns of the SAP operations on request.
4. Download; the file name; the keys SAP does not know are listed.

**Related information:** `understanding-the-template`, `filling-in-values`, `uploading-a-file`.

**Source in the product repository:** `app/mdm100/webapp/i18n/i18n.properties` (`downloadTemplate*`), `.claude/rules/staging-tables.md` "Template download contract".