Creating a database table filter list

You can specify the -scope parameter of the stagingprop utility so that only data from selected tables is published to the production server. The -scope parameter accepts three predefined table sets - all tables, site data tables only, and merchant data only. You can also specify a custom list of database tables with the -scope and -configfile parameters.

The file that is specified by the -configfile parameter contains a list or multiple lists of database tables while the -scope parameter specifies which list or lists in the file to use.

The stagingprop utility follows the order of the database tables in the list or lists provided. When you are creating your database table lists, ensure that any referenced tables appear in the list before the referencing tables.

Procedure

Create an XML file that uses the following format:
```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<StagingConfig>
	<TableList name="list_name">
 	  <Table name="table1"/>
 	  <Table name="table2"/>
 	  ...
 	  <Table name="tableX"/>
	</TableList>
</StagingConfig>
```
where:

list_name

The name of the list of database tables. Specify this name with the -scope parameter to limit the data that is published to the production server to the tables in the list.

table1, table2, tableX

The database table names from which data is published.

You can add more lists by adding a <TableList> tag within the <StagingConfig> tag. You can repeat table names in different lists. The same table name cannot appear more than one time in a list.
The following file contains two lists:
```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<StagingConfig>
	<TableList name="list_name1">
 		<Table name="table1"/>
 		<Table name="table2"/>
  	...
 	  <Table name="tableX"/>
	</TableList>
	<TableList name="list_name2">
 	  <Table name="tableA"/>
 	  <Table name="tableB"/>
 	  ...
 	  <Table name="tableZ"/>
	</TableList>
</StagingConfig>
```
You can also create multiple database filter files.
Save your changes and take note of the full path to the database filter list file.