Transforming, loading, and extracting data using the WebSphere Commerce loading utilities

To load large amounts of data and to update data in your WebSphere Commerce database, follow these basic steps:

1. Generate a document type definition (DTD) using the dtdgen utility.

2. Resolve identifiers in the input files using the idresgen utility.

3. Load the data using the massload utility.

4. Load managed files using the fileloader utility.

The following diagram illustrates the basic loading process:

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Related concepts

• Loading utilities

• Managed files

Related tasks

• Extracting data

• Generating a DTD

• Loading data

• Loading managed files

• Resolving identifiers

• Transforming character-delimited variable text to XML

Related reference

• dtdgen utility

• txttransform utility

• xmltransform utility

• idresgen utility

• massload utility

• fileloader utility

• massextract utility