Create an extraction filter

An extraction filter is an XML file that defines the data you want to extract from the WebSphere Commerce database. You must create an extraction filter before you run the massextract utility.

To create an extraction filter:

1. Develop SQL queries for the data you want to extract from the WebSphere Commerce database.

2. Create an XML file to contain the SQL queries that follows the extraction filter format. Refer to Extraction filter format for more information.

Related concepts

• Loading utilities

Related tasks

• Extracting data

Related reference

• Extraction filter format

• Example: Extraction filter

• massextract utility