Extracting policy and access group definitions
The extraction process reads the access control policy and access group information in the database and generates files that capture the information in XML format. The extraction utility uses an input filter XML file to specify which data to extract from the database. You can extract all access group and policy data, all access group data, or all access group and policy data that is owned by a particular organization.
About this task
Maintain consistency between the XML files and the access control information in the database. By maintaining this consistency:
- When you create an instance of WebSphere Commerce, the policy and access group definitions are loaded from the XML files.
- The XML files offer a convenient way to directly view and edit your policies and their component parts so keeping the files up-to-date is essential.
When you finalize and test your policy changes, update the XML files to keep them in sync with policy information in the databases. For a description of the different XML files that are related to access control policies and access groups, see Defining access control policy elements using XML. Explanations on how to extract policy changes from the databases into the XML files and how to load the policy information from the XML files into the databases are also included.
To extract data, use the appropriate filter file: