Exporting Data from the Internals and Market Tabs

Last updated: October 22, 2026

Learn which export formats are available on a class spec's Internals and Market tabs, what each one includes, and when to use it.

What Are Internals and Market Exports?

Holly’s export options let you take your data out of the platform and into the formats you need, so you can share it with colleagues who don’t have a Holly account or use it in formal materials like presentations and reports. Exports let you take the benchmarking Holly has already done and quickly turn it into a spreadsheet or a polished Word document.

Both the Internals and Market tabs on every class specification offer the same export options. What changes is the data being exported:

  • Internals exports compare your spec against other classifications in your own jurisdiction.

  • Market exports compare your spec against the external comparators you've toggled on from your peer agencies.

Common Use Cases

Checking pay progression across a job series

You're reviewing whether the steps between Accountant I, II, and III are proportional. An Internals export puts the min, mid, and max salaries of every similar internal classification into one spreadsheet, which you can share with your team.

Preparing a salary survey for leadership

Your city manager wants to know how your Senior Planner compares to neighboring cities before budget season. After you validate your comparators on the Market tab, a Class & Comp Study export gives you a ready-to-share Word document with the methodology, matches, and benchmarking analysis already written up.

Supporting a reclassification request

An employee says their duties have grown into a higher classification. A Detailed Report from the Internals tab documents how their current spec compares to similar classes in your organization, including Holly's similarity analysis for each strong match.

How to Export from the Internals Tab

  1. Go to Class Specs and open the specification you want to export.

  2. Click the Internals tab.

  3. Click the three-dot menu at the top right of the matching table and select Export.

  4. In the Export matches window, choose a Format: Excel, CSV, Detailed Report, or Class & Comp Study. Report types explained below.

  5. Choose a Pay rate (hourly, monthly, or annual).

  6. Optionally, enter a value in Percentile to include to add a salary percentile column to your export. For example, enter 90 to see the 90th percentile salary across the compared positions.

  7. Turn Include export metadata and Include comments on or off (see Export Options Explained below).

  8. Click Export.

How to Export from the Market Tab

  1. Go to Class Specs and open the specification you want to export.

  2. Click the Market tab.

  3. Review your comparison basket and toggle comparators on or off. Only the comparators you include will be used in the export's benchmarking analysis.

  4. Click the three-dot menu at the top right of the table and select Export.

  5. In the Export matches window, choose your Format, Pay rate, optional Percentile to include, and metadata and comments settings.

  6. Click Export.

Understanding Your Export Formats

Format

File type

What's included

Best for

Excel

.xlsx spreadsheet

Everything in the matching table: classifications, matches, and salary data

Your own calculations, charts, or sorting

CSV

.csv file

The same table data as Excel, in plain-text format

Importing into another system

Detailed Report

Word document

A benchmark summary, a detailed report of your spec, and a similarity analysis for each spec selected as a good match

Documenting why specific classes were matched

Class & Comp Study

Word document

An overview of Holly's methodology plus the full benchmarking analysis for all your matches

A polished, ready-to-share study for leadership, boards, or negotiations

What's in the Class & Comp Study?

The Class & Comp Study is often the most useful export because it explains how each match was evaluated, not just the results. It opens with an Overview and methodology section describing how Holly compares classifications on the substance of their duties rather than job titles alone. Each match is scored across four weighted dimensions:

  • Duties (45%): Core tasks and responsibilities that define the role's purpose and organizational function

  • Seniority & Authority Level (30%): Supervisory responsibilities, decision-making authority, and organizational positioning

  • Required Qualifications & Market Standards (15%): Educational requirements, professional certifications, and industry-standard knowledge

  • Work Environment & Context (10%): Physical work environment, operational context, and working conditions

The study includes matches with a Good or Excellent match ranking. Lower classifications, such as Fair or Poor are automatically excluded to keep the benchmarking reliable, but can be manually added and toggled on. Because the methodology is written into the document, you can share it with stakeholders who have never used Holly.

Export Options Explained

  • Pay rate: Shows all salary figures as hourly, monthly, or annual amounts so they match how your agency or audience presents pay.

  • Percentile to include (optional): Adds a salary percentile column, such as the 25th percentile (Q1), next to the standard min, mid, and max figures.

  • Include export metadata: Adds audit details to your export: the date and time it was exported, when the underlying data was last refreshed, and the source documents behind it (class specs, salary schedules, and MOUs). Leave this on whenever someone may need to check where the numbers came from.

  • Include comments: Carries the notes your team left on specs into the export. Your reasoning travels with the data, which is especially helpful when you're working with people outside Holly.

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