Quote Originally Posted by mc12345678 View Post
So, the export to which I was referring was the product export with no linked product. That is where the connection of category and master_categories_id is coded. To better support what you appear to want/need, would require a little more "fiddling" with the code. Specifically the categories export it sounds like. Two places to touch: the file_layout area to include the field in the file, and then in the export section of the categories to include/set the database field to the file layout so that the number (in addition to the name(s)) would be populated.
Thanks. I will give things a more detailed review.

Tony