Overview of loading store data

After creating your store data, you can choose to package it as a store archive and publish it using Publish wizard or the PublishStore utility. If you do not package the store as a SAR file you can load data assets directly into the WebSphere Commerce Server database using the WebSphere Commerce Loader package. Refer to Loading WebSphere Commerce database asset groups for information on the loading process for WebSphere Commerce database asset groups.

The Loader package provides six command-line utilities and two related administrative tools that you can use to prepare data for loading as well as to load data into your store. These utilities use Extensible Markup Language (XML) data files to manage the information.

The data preparation, loading, and extraction processes that you can perform using the Loader package utilities are shown in the following figure.

Loading store data into WebSphere Commerce requires the Loader package command utilities. The utilities convert data into a valid and well-formed XML, which is the input to load data into the database.D

The two processes that are most commonly used to load store data into a WebSphere Commerce Server database are resolving identifiers and loading the data.

You can use the following Loader package command-line utilities to manage your data:

The WebSphere Commerce Loader package also includes the following tools to assist in the administration of its data-management functions:

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