!!!EXTRACT FUNCTIONS

!!Processing Information

The XMFN function is used to extract functions from the ePersonality database.

The XMFN will extract the following list of data for a function:
*Data Access Objects (create user, create date, change user, change date)
*View Details
*Where Clauses
*List of Values Functions (LOVs)


Before the XMFN can be run there are site preferences that must be defined. Within the [IMST] screen, the administrator must define where the Extract and Load files are located and where the load functions are to write the exception files to. These locations are used by the functions to create and retrieve information. The customer can modify these values to represent any directory on their system.

The extract directory is defined using the EXTRCT DATA FLDR preference. The load directory is defined using the LOAD DATA FLDR preference. The ATTACHMENTS FLDR must be specified so the load functions know where to write the report exceptions log to.

Once the XMFN function has been run, it will have created an .xml and .data file, it is suggested that the user reviews the .xml file to ensure the correct data was extracted.

The user will then load this data file into the receiving database via the [LMDATA] process.

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!!Report Parameters

||Report Parameters|
|File Name| Name of the file to be created
|Format| Binary or XML. XML is available so you can view the data\\ first before writing the data to a .data file to be used by \\the LMDATA. When you want to write the data to a file\\ for loading purposes, the Binary option should be selected.
|Usages to Extract| All Usages, Only Pre-Loaded, Pre-Loaded and User Defined
|Function List| List of available functions to extract