WebSphere Commerce Developer

Troubleshooting: Data Load fails to start in development environment

An error occurs when you fail to stop the WebSphere Commerce test server in the development environment.

Problem

When you try running the data load utility, you get the following error:
An error occurred while initializing the data load configuration. A connection to the database cannot be completed using the specified connection properties.

Solution

This error occurs if you run the Data Load utility with the WebSphere Commerce test server running. Stop the test server before running the Data Load utility.