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The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
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Transforming, loading, and extracting data
WebSphere Commerce provides multiple utilities for preparing and loading data into a WebSphere Commerce database. The loading utilities are flexible and you can continue to use these utilities when you customize the WebSphere Commerce schema.
Data Load utility
The Data Load utility is the new enhanced business object based loading utility. This utility provides an efficient solution for loading information into your WebSphere Commerce database. You can also customize the Data Load utility to load other types of data. The Data Load utility is the recommended loading utility.
Data Load input file format
To run the Data Load utility, an input file is required. The input file must be a CSV file. Your input file must follow a particular format for the Data Load to be able to load your file.
Data Load utility CSV column and XML element definitions
Look up the database column name and definitions for business objects to find details about the required and optional fields, and the values that they can contain.
Price objects
To load price objects with the Data Load utility, you must understand the information that you include in an input file to load the data. You must also understand how to complete the mandatory and option columns or elements in each of the input files that you load.

Price object input file definitions

To load price objects with the Data Load utility, you must understand the information that you include in an input file to load the data. You must also understand how to complete the mandatory and option columns or elements in each of the input files that you load.

For samples that demonstrate how to use these input files, see Price samples.