Document exporting requirements to a CSV file

- Add a new section to Requirements Management
documentation for exporting requirements to CSV

doc/.vale/gitlab/spelling-exceptions.txt

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ crosslinking
 crosslinks
 Crossplane
 CrowdIn
+CSV
 Dangerfile
 datetime
 Debian

doc/user/permissions.md

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ The following table depicts the various user permission levels in a project.
 | View metrics dashboard annotations                |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Archive/reopen requirements **(ULTIMATE)**        |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Create/edit requirements **(ULTIMATE)**           |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
-| Import requirements **(ULTIMATE)**                |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
+| Import/export requirements **(ULTIMATE)**         |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Create new [test case](../ci/test_cases/index.md) |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Archive [test case](../ci/test_cases/index.md)    |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Move [test case](../ci/test_cases/index.md)       |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |

doc/user/project/requirements/index.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Users with Reporter or higher [permissions](../../permissions.md) can create req
 
 To create a requirement:
 
-1. From your project page, go to **Requirements**.
+1. In a project, go to **Requirements**.
 1. Select **New requirement**.
 1. Enter a title and description and select **Create requirement**.
 
@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ requirements_confirmation:
 
 > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/246857) in GitLab 13.7.
 
-You can import requirements to a project by uploading a CSV file with the columns
-`title` and `description`.
+You can import requirements to a project by uploading a [CSV file](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values)
+with the columns `title` and `description`.
 
-The user uploading the CSV file will be set as the author of the imported requirements.
+After the import, the user uploading the CSV file is set as the author of the imported requirements.
 
 Users with Reporter or higher [permissions](../../permissions.md) can import requirements.
 
@@ -213,20 +213,20 @@ Before you import your file:
 
 - Consider importing a test file containing only a few requirements. There is no way to undo a large
   import without using the GitLab API.
-- Ensure your CSV file meets the [file format](#csv-file-format) requirements.
+- Ensure your CSV file meets the [file format](#imported-csv-file-format) requirements.
 
 To import requirements:
 
-1. Navigate to a project's Requirements page.
-   - If the project already has existing requirements, click the import icon (**{import}**) at the
+1. In a project, go to **Requirements**.
+   - If the project already has existing requirements, select the import icon (**{import}**) in the
      top right.
-   - For a project without any requirements, click **Import CSV** in the middle of the page.
-1. Select the file and click **Import requirements**.
+   - For a project without any requirements, select **Import CSV** in the middle of the page.
+1. Select the file and select **Import requirements**.
 
 The file is processed in the background and a notification email is sent
 to you after the import is complete.
 
-### CSV file format
+### Imported CSV file format
 
 When importing requirements from a CSV file, it must be formatted in a certain way:
 
@@ -257,3 +257,37 @@ Another Title,"A description, with a comma"
 The limit depends on the configuration value of Max Attachment Size for the GitLab instance.
 
 For GitLab.com, it is set to 10 MB.
+
+## Export requirements to a CSV file
+
+> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/290813) in GitLab 13.8.
+
+You can export GitLab requirements to a
+[CSV file](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values) sent to your default notification
+email as an attachment.
+
+By exporting requirements, you and your team can import them into another tool or share them with
+your customers. Exporting requirements can aid collaboration with higher-level systems, as well as
+audit and regulatory compliance tasks.
+
+Users with Reporter or higher [permissions](../../permissions.md) can export requirements.
+
+To export requirements:
+
+1. In a project, go to **Requirements**.
+1. Select the **Export as CSV** icon (**{export}**) in the top right. A confirmation modal appears.
+1. Select **Export requirements**. The exported CSV file is sent to the email address associated with your user.
+
+### Exported CSV file format
+
+You can preview the exported CSV file in a spreadsheet editor, such as Microsoft Excel,
+OpenOffice Calc, or Google Sheets.
+
+The exported CSV file contains the following columns:
+
+- Requirement ID
+- Title
+- Description
+- Author Username
+- Latest Test Report State
+- Latest Test Report Created At (UTC)

ee/app/views/notify/import_requirements_csv_email.html.haml

@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 - if @results[:parse_error]
   %p{ style: text_style }
     = _('Error parsing CSV file. Please make sure it has')
-    %a{ href: help_page_url('user/project/requirements/index.md', anchor: 'csv-file-format') }
+    %a{ href: help_page_url('user/project/requirements/index.md', anchor: 'imported-csv-file-format') }
       = _('the correct format.')

ee/app/views/notify/import_requirements_csv_email.text.erb

@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ Errors found on line <%= 'number'.pluralize(@results[:error_lines].size) %>: <%=
 <% end %>
 
 <% if @results[:parse_error] %>
-Error parsing CSV file. Please make sure it has the correct format (<%= help_page_url('user/project/requirements/index.html', anchor: 'csv-file-format') %>).
+Error parsing CSV file. Please make sure it has the correct format (<%= help_page_url('user/project/requirements/index.html', anchor: 'imported-csv-file-format') %>).
 <% end %>