Sample: Loading promotions data

This sample demonstrates how to load promotions with the Data Load utility. After you load the data, Management Center users can view and manage the promotions in the Promotions tool.

About this sample

You can load data for promotions only in XML formatted input files. The XML input file and Data Load utility configuration files for this sample are in the following directory:
  • LinuxAIXWC_installdir/samples/DataLoad/Promotion
  • WindowsWC_installdir\samples\DataLoad\Promotion
  • WebSphere Commerce DeveloperWCDE_installdir\samples\DataLoad\Promotion

Sample input and configuration files

The following table lists the input files that you use to load the sample data. The table also identifies the business object mediators and business object configuration files that the Data Load utility uses to load the sample data.

Input files for loading promotion data.
Sample XML input file Description
Promotion.xml

For more information about the type of promotion data that you can include in an input file, see Promotions XML input file

 The Data Load utility uses this sample input file to load the data to create promotions in the Promotions tool.

The Data Load utility uses the following business object mediator to load the data in this input file into the PX_PROMOTION database table.

Business object mediator

com.ibm.commerce.promotion.dataload.mediator.PromotionDOMMediator
The sample directory also includes the following Data Load utility configuration files:
wc-dataload.xml
The data load order configuration file, which identifies the XML input file and the appropriate business object configuration file to use to load each input file. For more information about load order configuration files, see Configuring the data load order.
wc-dataload-env.xml
The data load environment configuration file, which includes the environment variables for your WebSphere Commerce instance. These variables include the following information:
  • Business context variables, including the store identifier, catalog identifier, and the default language and currency for your store.
  • Database environment settings, including the database type, name, and schema.
wc-loader-promotion.xml
The business object configuration file that defines how the promotion data is loaded into the database. The file also defines the appropriate business object mediator to use to load the data.
These configuration files include values for a default WebSphere Commerce Developer environment that uses an Apache Derby database. If your environment settings are different, you must change the configured values in these files to match your environment.

Procedure

  1. Open a command line utility and go to the appropriate directory:
    • LinuxAIXWC_installdir/bin
    • WindowsWC_installdir\bin
    • WebSphere Commerce DeveloperWCDE_installdir\bin
  2. Enter the following command to run the sample data load order file and load the information that included in this sample:
    • LinuxAIX./dataload.sh ../samples/DataLoad/Promotion/wc-dataload.xml
    • Windowsdataload.bat ..\samples\DataLoad\Promotion\wc-dataload.xml
    • WebSphere Commerce Developerdataload ..\samples\DataLoad\Promotion\wc-dataload.xml

Verifying results

To verify that the promotion data is loaded, complete the following tasks:
  • Review the data load summary report. For more information about the location and contents of this summary report, see Verifying the results of the data load.
  • Review the data in your database and verify that the data in your input file exists in your database.
  • In Management Center, verify that you can view the promotions in the Promotions tool.

Removing the sample data from the WebSphere Commerce database

Edit the wc-dataload.xml load order configuration file to change the value of the dataLoadMode attribute from "Replace" to "Delete" to run the Data Load utility in delete mode. When you run the utility in delete mode, the utility deletes the data in your database that matches the rows in your XML file. You do not need to edit the value for Delete column in your input XML file.

Compare the data in your database with your input file to verify that the data no longer exists in your database.

In Management Center, verify that you can no longer view the promotions in the Promotions tool.