# Export template as xmind

**Category:** [Archetype Designer](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/archetype-designer/30)
**Created:** 2026-03-12 12:36 UTC
**Views:** 45
**Replies:** 4
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/export-template-as-xmind/11826

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## Post #1 by @OscarKarlsson

Hi!

I would like to export a template as an XMind file. However, when I try to export the template as XMind, nothing seems to happen.

I can successfully export archetypes as XMind, so that functionality appears to work.

Does anyone have any tips on what I might be doing wrong, how to fix this, or if there is another easy way to generate an XMind from a template?

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## Post #2 by @yampeku

not sure if related, but some IPS templates have names with “&” which could break some XML-based exports (if I remember correctly, label is allergies & intolerances). Is that the template you are exporting?

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## Post #3 by @ian.mcnicoll

I can share an app that will convert a Web template to xmind.  It is a bit limited by the xmind api that we used and it us actually quite tricky to know exactly how much detail to carry. 

The app code is at https://github.com/freshehrteam/wt2xt

Example (ugly!!) below - is that what you had in mind?

[Template GENOC - Familial risk Tumour genomics report 1.0.0-beta.14 Tue Oct 21 2025.xmind|attachment](upload://y7CQGMvXFQT0GAfdASUF119VYG9.xmind) (264.0 KB)

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## Post #4 by @OscarKarlsson

Thanks for the reply. I actually managed to convert my template to **OPML format** (with some help from ChatGPT), which I was then able to import into XMind. :slight_smile:

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## Post #5 by @erik.sundvall

@OscarKarlsson I believe some people might be very interested in how you did that, for example seeing the prompts used :slight_smile: 

P.s. Sligthly related thread that lists many interesting mindmapping tools https://discourse.openehr.org/t/thoughts-on-wisemapping-an-open-source-web-based-collaborative-mind-mapping-tool/11478 - The open souce ones could likely be tweaked/extended to streamline template related analysis/design work more.

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